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> legally distributed by NASA

They're a public agency. Anyone is entitled to "legally" distribute this material.



A few famous whistleblowers might want to disagree with you :P


Non-classified information produced by the US government is placed into the public domain automatically.

Presumably, since it is a work-product of the US government, classified information is also technically in the public domain, but is protected by mechanisms other than claiming copyright.




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