The system was developed and has been utilized in Pierce County for nearly 20 years. LINX was created to share data, offering powerful, integrated functionality for complete case management, document management, jail management and jury administration. Features of the LINX System The Legal Information Network Exchange (LINX) is the case management system for Pierce County Superior Court. It provides instant access to court records and documents. Some features that LINX provides include: Searching criminal and civil cases by name or cause number.
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Subject: None NoneTo Whom It May Concern:Pursuant to RCW Ch. 42.56 (Public Records Act), I hereby request the following records:Source code for Pierce County's LINX (Legal Information Network Exchange) system, along with associated metadata and revision history.My preferences for format of the information, from most preferable to least, are as follows:1. Remote access to the revision control system in which the source code is stored (read-only, of course) via Web browser or source code management system (e.g., Subversion, Bazaar, Git, Mercurial, etc.) client2.
A copy of the entire source code repository with all revision history3. Snapshots of the software in the repository which correspond to the version of the software currently deployed and to the latest version committed to the repository at the time my request is processedI also request that, if appropriate, fees be waived as I believe this request is in the public interest. The requested documents will be made available to the general public free of charge as part of the public information service at, processed by a representative of the news media/press and is made in the process of news gathering and not for commercial usage.In the event that fees cannot be waived, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 5 business days, as the statute requires.Sincerely,Phil MocekFrom: Susan Campbell. Subject: None NoneDear Mr. Mocek:The captioned request under RCW Ch.
Subject: None NoneDear Mr. Mocek,As for your March, 2013 request for “associated metadata and revision history,” we have reviewed our available information and determined that we do have responsive material for metadata and revision history. There are 5,000 to 10,000 revisions that can be provided.
The data looks like this:see attachment - MuckRockTo create the revision/metadata log, data will need to be extracted to a file and redacted for entries that are exempt under the RCWs previously cited. This material can be compiled by June 1, 2013 and the cost to the County will be approximately $1,250. Before the County incurs that expense, I wanted to check with you for clarification whether you do want this material. Please reply in writing by April 12, 2013. Thank you.Sincerely,Susan CampbellIT Records Specialist615 So. 9th St, Suite 300, Tacoma, WA 98405P: 253-798-6794 mailto:[email protected] communication is also being sent US Mail to:Muckrock News, Dept MR 3284, PO Box 55819, Boston, MA. Subject: None NoneDear Sir or Madam:I do not accept that the software written by public employees with public funding to run a public website is exempt from public disclosure under our stat's Public Records Act.I do not stand to gain financially by making the source code for LINX easily accessible by the public any more than I would stand to gain financially by making any other otherwise-obscured public record more easily accessible to the public.
You do not stand to lose any of the value of these records by allowing the public to examine them. They are not 'county property'; they are information.
They are a set of instructions that can be used to cause your computer or anyone else's to perform certain actions. When someone else learns what can cause a computer to do that which yours is currently doing, there is no detriment to you, as you continue to have knowledge of those instructions.The public should be allowed to examine these descriptions of the processes by which our government presents our legal information to us.Cordially,Phil MocekFrom: MuckRock.com. Subject: None NoneRE: appeal of denial of my records request of March 11, 2013Dear Sir or Madam:Please provide a status update on my appeal of your denial of access to this public record.I do not accept that computer software-a set of instructions for a computer; a procedure-written by public employees with public funding and intended to run a public website that provides public access to public records, is exempt from public disclosure under our state's Public Records Act.Please consider the following:1. Disclosure of this record is in the public interest.
Other entities may benefit from causing their computers to perform the actions described by the instructions known as 'the LINX source code.' Withholding the LINX source code from public disclosure is not necessary for Pierce County employees' present or future use of those instructions.3.
Any monetary value of Pierce County employees' continued exclusive knowledge of the set of instructions known as 'LINX source code' is difficult, if at all possible, to ascertain.4. There will be de minimis or no expense or loss of revenue to Pierce County as a result of disclosure of the source code.5. Disclosure of the LINX source code is in the best interest of Pierce County employees and in the best interest of the people of Pierce County.6. Disclosure of the LINX source code will likely benefit Pierce County employees whose duties include maintenance of the machines currently instructed by these instructions, fostering collaboration on said maintenance, potentially resulting in derivative works which are beneficial to all users of the software, providing increased reporting and correction of software errors, and providing new contributions to software reliability, stability, and usefulness.7. Disclosure of the LINX source code may encourage adoption of LINX by other counties and facilitate sharing of legal information among the counties.8.
I do not stand to gain financially by making the source code for LINX easily accessible by the public any more than I would stand to gain financially by making any other otherwise-obscured public record more easily accessible to the public, which is to say that any potential financial gain to come to me as a result of disclosure of this record is negligible.9. Neither the people of Pierce County nor public employees of Pierce County stand do to lose any of the value of this record by allowing the public to examine them.10. This record is not 'county property'; it is information-a set of instructions that are infinitely replicable. Those instructions comprise a procedure by which a computer performs specific actions. Subject: None NoneRE: appeal of denial of my records request of March 11, 2013Dear Ms. Campbell:I received your letter of December 31, 2013, which apparently was printed, scanned, attached, and e-mailed to me by Linda Gerull, who reported in her cover e-mail that you were out of the office on that day.As a computer software developer and as an advocate of institutional transparency, I am particularly interested in software developed on behalf of the public by government staff. I strongly believe the public should be allowed to examine the source code for our public software.
The majority of my professional work is done with the use of open source software, and I am keenly aware of the public benefit of open access to such. In an effort to facilitate public access to software prepared by public staff, I have previously requested and received the source code for Seattle Police Department's Online Reports application, then published it for all the world to see at.At the Washington State Open Government Conference I attended on March 9, 2013, a representative of Pierce County publicly described a website operated by your department, Pierce County LINX (Legal Information Network Exchange), noting that the software used to operate the site was written in-house by county staff. I was, of course, eager to review this public work that your colleagues prepared.