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Some additional details can be found here: [https://opensource.org/node/878](https://opensource.org/node/878)\r\n"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ustaxcourt/case-management-rfq/issues/comments/404636716","html_url":"https://github.com/ustaxcourt/case-management-rfq/issues/23#issuecomment-404636716","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ustaxcourt/case-management-rfq/issues/23","id":404636716,"node_id":"MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDQwNDYzNjcxNg==","user":{"login":"kwehmueller","id":16562541,"node_id":"MDQ6VXNlcjE2NTYyNTQx","avatar_url":"https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/16562541?v=4","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/kwehmueller","html_url":"https://github.com/kwehmueller","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kwehmueller/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kwehmueller/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kwehmueller/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kwehmueller/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kwehmueller/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kwehmueller/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kwehmueller/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kwehmueller/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kwehmueller/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2018-07-12T20:15:30Z","updated_at":"2018-07-12T20:15:30Z","author_association":"NONE","body":"If the government does decide to clarify this in the final RFQ and definitively states its intention to license code under an open source license, it would be even more helpful to state whether it intends to commit the application code under an open source license _in its entirety_, or whether it intends to commit a certain percentage of the under an open source license so as to meet an applicable policy goal.\r\n\r\nTo our understanding, https://sourcecode.cio.gov/ outlines such a 20% contribution goal, however we're not entirely clear whether it still applies outside of the context of the initial pilot program. Understanding the Courts' open source contribution goal could influence vendors' overall development strategy, so we encourage as much transparency into its targets and goals as possible in the final RFQ.\r\n"}}
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