[tz] NIST leap-second file not yet updated

Clive D.W. Feather clive at davros.org
Wed Feb 17 23:56:35 UTC 2016


Adam Vartanian via tz said:
>> I believe works funded by the US federal government are public domain by
>> default.
> 
> Produced by rather than funded by, but yes, works produced by US
> government officials in the course of their duties are ineligible for
> copyright in the US.  It's 17 US Code §105, for those who are
> interested.

I presume this only applies to works they create, not works they simply
copy from elsewhere.

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