Healthcare.gov violates copyright law

DataTables is a very long and complex piece of website software used for formatting and presenting data. Its owner allows free use PROVIDED users give credit and keep copyright notices in the software where the software is used.

Healthcare.gov uses it, but does not give credit or include the copyright notice.

Jeryl Bier examined the two programs and said there is no doubt the SpryMedia code was embedded into Healthcare.gov. They even retained helpful SpryMedia comments within the coding.

But they removed the SpryMedia copyright statements which are normally embedded right in the same code.

In other words, the people that Obama Democrats hired (for an exorbitant sum) to create Healthcare.gov actually went to the trouble to REMOVE the one thing the generous owners of this program ASKED be kept.

SpryMedia, owner of DataTables copyright, is pursuing legal action against HHS.

Source:

http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/obamacare-website-violates-licensing-agreement-copyrighted-software_763666.html

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4 responses to “Healthcare.gov violates copyright law

  1. I’m really curious what Democrat Donor’s idiot nephew got the contract to create the O’care site. McAfee said it was outsourced to India. He also said what we got for $500 million could have been done by 15 programmers for about $5 million. And if it was for a small company it would’ve been fine.

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    • GP's avatar GP

      You are so right that some demwit donaters got those contracts, with a huge mark up. That is the Chicago way. And this is how all of OBama care will be implemented. I know all the IL exchanges are under dem. control.
      This is why we are all paying through the teeth.

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  2. GP's avatar GP

    Remember all the hell from the left over Haliburton? Can you imagine how loud they would be screaming if this was Bush’s baby. The whole world would be hearing about it and the impeachment papers would already be signed.

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  3. What A Hoot's avatar What A Hoot

    “But they removed the SpryMedia copyright statements which are normally embedded right in the same code.” To so takes skill and knowledge, thus this blows all the talk of the site being done by amateurs and riddled with unknown problems. Sort of points to the opposite; planned chaos by experts.

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