I'm Just a Bill: Federal Open-Source Software Procurement Preference
👀 I’m Just a Bill — Open-Source Software Procurement
A Liana Banyan “I’m Just a Bill” Bounty Poster
What is this bill?
Federal open-source software procurement preference in the 119th Congress, building on existing federal-source-code-policy (FSCP) framework.
What does it actually do?
- Open-source preference in federal software acquisitions
- Cooperative-class licensee eligibility
- AGPL and similar copyleft license recognition
- Federal-agency contributor-back-to-upstream provisions
How does this affect cooperative-class families?
Direct composing — Liana Banyan’s substrate is SSPL Free Forever · Pledge #2260. Federal procurement preference for AGPL-class software composes with the cooperative’s structural commitment to substrate availability.
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