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MITRE Corp. Report On Open Source In Government

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the who's-using-what-where-why dept.

Jeremy Allison (of the Samba team) writes "Very interesting paper just published by MITRE corporation. (In PDF - they've learned not to use Microsoft Word. :-). Highlights: 'The main conclusion of the article was that FOSS software plays a more critical role in the DoD than has generally been recognised.'; 'Create a "Generally Recognised as Safe" FOSS list ... including Linux, OpenBSD, NetBSD, FreeBSD, Samba, Apache, Perl, GCC, GNAT, XFree86, OpenSSH, bind, and sendmail.' 'FOSS' stands for 'Free and Open-Source Software.' Looks like these people 'get it.'"

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  1. Wait...another term? by Rhinobird · · Score: 5, Funny

    Isn't anybody gonna mention that RMS is going to say that FOSS should really be reffered to as Dental/FOSS?

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    If Mr. Edison had thought smarter he wouldn't sweat as much. --Nikola Tesla
  2. A funny bit by Vireo · · Score: 5, Funny

    In page 22:

    [i]Ironically, a thoroughly rigorous and systematic ban on DoD use of FOSS could also affect a number of proprietary product that rely on FOSS products that permit incorporation of FOSS into their closed-source products. For example, Microsoft Office uses the FOSS zlib collection of data compression software, and thus could technically be banned as a product that incorporates FOSS software.[/i]