# open-source-program

**Repository Path**: mirrors_GUI/open-source-program

## Basic Information

- **Project Name**: open-source-program
- **Description**: Artifacts an organization can use to bootstrap an open source program. (Policy is in open-source-policy repo.)
- **Primary Language**: Unknown
- **License**: CC0-1.0
- **Default Branch**: 18f-pages
- **Homepage**: None
- **GVP Project**: No

## Statistics

- **Stars**: 0
- **Forks**: 0
- **Created**: 2020-08-08
- **Last Updated**: 2026-01-03

## Categories & Tags

**Categories**: Uncategorized

**Tags**: None

## README

# 18F's Open Source Program Site

A collection of resources and tools to support federal agencies better employ open-source.

Special thanks to @[CFPB](http://github.com/cfpb), @[Virtix](https://github.com/virtix), and @[BenBalter](https://github.com/benbalter) for their insight and code. 

## 18F's open source policy

Looking for 18F's open source policy? This is the policy 18F uses to govern its own work:

> **[https://github.com/18F/open-source-policy/blob/master/policy.md](https://github.com/18F/open-source-policy/blob/master/policy.md)

We also have an [Open Source Style Guide](https://pages.18f.gov/open-source-guide/) that details how to write READMEs, Issues, and Descriptions that are user-friendly and clear. The guide also contains [a checklist](https://pages.18f.gov/open-source-guide/github-repo-checklist/) which we recommend using to make sure you are publishing a user-friendly repository.

## Public domain

This project is in the worldwide [public domain](LICENSE.md). As stated in [CONTRIBUTING](CONTRIBUTING.md):

> This project is in the public domain within the United States, and copyright and related rights in the work worldwide are waived through the [CC0 1.0 Universal public domain dedication](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/).
>
> All contributions to this project will be released under the CC0 dedication. By submitting a pull request, you are agreeing to comply with this waiver of copyright interest.