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Expand Up @@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ They are considered to be in the **public domain**.
The motivation for this was to ensure public access to the U.S. legal code.
This does not apply to works created by *contractors* for the U.S. government (e.g., federally funded research).

Practically, whether works of the US government are released may be complicated by official secrets laws and exceptions to freedom of information requests.

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- A license is a legal tool to transfer selected intellectual property rights from one party to another.
- Creative works, including software, are subject to copyright protections from the moment of creation.

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