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Chris Remington@beehaw.orgM to Technology@beehaw.org · 7 hours ago

IRS Makes Direct File Software Open Source After Trump Tried to Kill It

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IRS Makes Direct File Software Open Source After Trump Tried to Kill It

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Chris Remington@beehaw.orgM to Technology@beehaw.org · 7 hours ago
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The tax man won't be happy about this.

https://github.com/IRS-Public/direct-file

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  • jawa22@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    Isn’t most software made by the US government required to be open source anyway?

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    Based IRS. So the torch will need to be carried by open source devs.

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      Article says it was always required to be open source and it is not an act of defiance

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        Cooperating with the law is often percieved as an act of defiance with this administration, though.

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