Chris RemingtonM to Technology@beehaw.org • 15 days agoIRS Makes Direct File Software Open Source After Trump Tried to Kill Itgizmodo.comexternal-linkmessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up1236arrow-down13
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minus-square@JayDee@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilink44•15 days agoBased IRS. So the torch will need to be carried by open source devs.
minus-square@ryannathans@aussie.zonelinkfedilink17•15 days agoArticle says it was always required to be open source and it is not an act of defiance
minus-square@teawrecks@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilink26•15 days agoCooperating with the law is often percieved as an act of defiance with this administration, though.
minus-square@megopie@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglish2•15 days 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.
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
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.