Direct File has been open sourced, and its creators have left government to continue working on the “future of tax filing.”
Includes awesome documentation and is public domain.
(Despite the button saying “subscribe”, that button and the “paywall” do not require payment, only an email verification link.)
‽ You do realize they’re required by law to dedicate government work to the public domain? And I understand that’s not Copyleft but how does that make them assholes?
You’re telling me the government is legally barred from using a copy left license?!?
Source?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_status_of_works_by_the_federal_government_of_the_United_States
It’s also mentioned in the license file.
Jesus we need to change that law. The US is so far behind the EU…
Edit: looks like USPS is exempted from that law. We should probably exempt IRS too.