Chris Remington@beehaw.orgM to Technology@beehaw.org · 23 hours agoIRS Makes Direct File Software Open Source After Trump Tried to Kill Itgizmodo.comexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up1197arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1194arrow-down1external-linkIRS Makes Direct File Software Open Source After Trump Tried to Kill Itgizmodo.comChris Remington@beehaw.orgM to Technology@beehaw.org · 23 hours agomessage-square21fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareJayDee@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up39·23 hours agoBased IRS. So the torch will need to be carried by open source devs.
minus-squareryannathans@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up15·17 hours agoArticle says it was always required to be open source and it is not an act of defiance
minus-squaremegopie@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 hours agoI 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.
minus-squareteawrecks@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up20·16 hours agoCooperating with the law is often percieved as an act of defiance with this administration, though.
Based IRS. So the torch will need to be carried by open source devs.
Article says it was always required to be open source and it is not an act of defiance
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.
Cooperating with the law is often percieved as an act of defiance with this administration, though.