Chris Remington@beehaw.orgM to Technology@beehaw.org · 18 天前IRS Makes Direct File Software Open Source After Trump Tried to Kill Itgizmodo.comexternal-linkmessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up1236arrow-down13file-textcross-posted to: opensource@lemmy.mlopensource@lemmy.ml
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minus-squareryannathans@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up17·18 天前Article says it was always required to be open source and it is not an act of defiance
minus-squareteawrecks@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up26·18 天前Cooperating with the law is often percieved as an act of defiance with this administration, though.
minus-squaremegopie@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·18 天前I suspect that they’ve been pressured to keep it out of public by turbo tax lobbyists, but with the straight on attempt to kill it lately, they decided just to ignore that pressure and push it out to spite those lobbyists.
Article says it was always required to be open source and it is not an act of defiance
Cooperating with the law is often percieved as an act of defiance with this administration, though.
I suspect that they’ve been pressured to keep it out of public by turbo tax lobbyists, but with the straight on attempt to kill it lately, they decided just to ignore that pressure and push it out to spite those lobbyists.