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Obamacare Website Violates Licensing Agreement for Copyrighted Software
Weekly Standard ^ | October 17, 2013 | JERYL BIER

Posted on 10/17/2013 11:52:53 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey

Company to pursue action against HHS for using copyrighted web script.

Healthcare.gov, the federal government's Obamacare website, has been under heavy criticism from friend and foe alike during its first two weeks of open enrollment. Repeated errors and delays have prevented many users from even establishing an account, and outside web designers have roundly panned the structure and coding of the site as amateurish and sloppy. The latest indication of the haphazard way in which Healthcare.gov was developed is the uncredited use of a copyrighted web script for a data function used by the site, a violation of the licensing agreement for the software.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Extended News
KEYWORDS: canada; h1b; india; outsourcing
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To: Windflier

I think I may have heard the same Ad.

the lefties think its only FAIR...that the goivernment should have use of this code...without any credits...


61 posted on 10/17/2013 6:19:32 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ( Un-Documented Journalist / Block Captain..Tyranny Response Team)
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To: Pollster1

you may have a point there. their wish to sue...may not be in their best interests afteral. come to think of it.

falure by asociation isnt such a resume booster.


62 posted on 10/17/2013 6:30:30 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ( Un-Documented Journalist / Block Captain..Tyranny Response Team)
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To: Rock N Jones

This world is indeed in one hell of a mess..and getting ever messier


63 posted on 10/17/2013 6:32:04 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ( Un-Documented Journalist / Block Captain..Tyranny Response Team)
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To: Huskerfan44

The Bathouse....Golf...Coke...Coca Cola of course...and The Bathouse.


64 posted on 10/17/2013 6:33:21 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ( Un-Documented Journalist / Block Captain..Tyranny Response Team)
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To: tsowellfan
""Be careful or Obama will be hunting you down to use your expertise to fix his website :)""

OR WORSE......

I cant stop now...Im in this parody thing far to stop deeply to stop anytime soon.

Barrys GURU.....would likely not appreciate this but HEY he's DEAD...


65 posted on 10/17/2013 6:36:53 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ( Un-Documented Journalist / Block Captain..Tyranny Response Team)
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To: MeshugeMikey

IBM has done it too....they tried to pass off gzip as their own...not sure if they ever got caught.


66 posted on 10/17/2013 7:34:06 PM PDT by scrabblehack
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To: scrabblehack

Microsoft Patents Ones, Zeroes
http://www.theonion.com/articles/microsoft-patents-ones-zeroes,599/


67 posted on 10/17/2013 7:36:14 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: scrabblehack

Obama and IBM too big...to fail?


68 posted on 10/17/2013 7:41:51 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ( Un-Documented Journalist / Block Captain..Tyranny Response Team)
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To: scrabblehack

Matt Drudge has finally Linked this story btw

I fired it off to em as soon as I had posted the thread


69 posted on 10/17/2013 7:48:48 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ( Un-Documented Journalist / Block Captain..Tyranny Response Team)
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