<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Mar 25, 2016 at 6:15 PM, John Hall <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:johnhall2.0@gmail.com" target="_blank">johnhall2.0@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><a href="https://www.usa.gov/government-works" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.usa.gov/government-works</a><br>
It would be great to hear from an IP lawyer on this.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I am not a lawyer, but I've been educating myself about patent, trademark and copyright legislation and practice for a long time; specifically as it relates to the GPL. I wish there were good IP attorneys contributing to this forum because it's not my day job. But, I've got a list of lawyers related to GPL work at <a href="https://freephile.org/wiki/Free_Software_Supporters#Lawyers">https://freephile.org/wiki/Free_Software_Supporters#Lawyers</a> Additions welcome.</div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">
All licenses are attached through copyright laws and federal government<br>
works cannot have a copyright so can not be released under a license. There<br>
are literally no restrictions except those noted at the above link.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>In general, the public domain part is combined with the GPL part. e.g. <a href="https://github.com/WhiteHouse/petitions">https://github.com/WhiteHouse/petitions</a></div><div> </div></div></div></div>