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If I commissioned Adobe Software to write a program, from scratch, that I specifically state I will own all rights to the program and source code itself, then I would fully expect to license it how I want.

We are not talking about a single consumer. We are talking about the state itself. They will get the license they want if they believe it is needed.

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Ironically the state is a single consumer and they ever sell only one copy of the program, so business case for proprietary software doesn't exist at all.

> They will get the license they want if they believe it is needed.

They will also use more tax-payers money to do so. I agree that the code should be public, but I can see why that isn't the case.

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