The U.S. Code is the operating system of our system of government, the line-by-line instructions that govern our federal government. The code contains provisions for pretty much everything you can think of and lots of stuff that causes wonderment about its inclusion.
But, if you search the U.S. Code for the phrase “open source” you’re not going to find anything. United States law has innumerable provisions recognizing every aspect of our life, but when it comes to open source, the Federal Government simply doesn’t recognize this modern phenomenon.