A policy statement on open-source software from the White House

Posted Mar 11, 2016 18:05 UTC (Fri) by josh (subscriber, #17465)
In reply to: A policy statement on open-source software from the White House by pabs
Parent article: A policy statement on open-source software from the White House

> That is the case already, but only within the USA. Outside the USA the American government reserves the right to assert copyright.

The US government can also hold copyright on work done by contractors; only work done directly by the government falls into the public domain.