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. ...