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Can the US Government release improvements to a GPL-covered program?

April 26, 2017government gpl-covered improvements program release

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Can the US Government release improvements to a GPL-covered program?

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Yes. If the improvements are written by US government employees in the course of their employment, then the improvements are in the public domain. However, the improved version, as a whole, is still covered by the GNU GPL. There is no problem in this situation. If the US government uses contractors to do the job, then the improvements themselves can be GPL-covered.

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Yes. If the improvements are written by US government employees, then the improvements are in the public domain. However, the improved version, as a whole, is still covered by the GNU GPL. There is no problem in this situation. If the US government uses contractors to do the job, then the improvements themselves can be GPL-covered.