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NASA Prepares to Open Source Code

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the reaping-the-rewards dept.

comforteagle writes "According to this story at O'Reilly, NASA is looking for approval for their own open source license. The NASA submitter (lawyer of course) states that none of the current licenses meet their needs, but more interesting is that NASA needs a license at all. It makes one wonder what we, and other space agencies, might see coming out off NASA. It's also nice to see code that taxpayers paid for anyway being released for their use too. There must be at least one slashdotter who could dream up a use for NASA software. X Prize participants maybe?"

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  1. Space Flight Sims.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    ...to Uranus

  2. Re:Government Copyright by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    That's certainly how it ought to be, considering who paid for it (money collected from the people at gunpoint) in the first place.

  3. no GPL by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    The best thing if it was public domain, since it was already paid for by the taxpayers. The next best thing is a BSD-style license. The worst thing and something I hope does not happen is GPL-infected code which no one will touch.

  4. Obligatory Simpson's reference by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    (...Now everyone can sound like a boy band.)

    Thank you, NASA!

  5. Lots of uses for NASA software by soft_guy · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    I'll use NASA's software the next time I need to:

    1. Waste billions.
    2. Fake a moon landing.
    3. Get lost on the way to Mars.
    4. Kill seven people.

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    Avoid Missing Ball for High Score
  6. GAY NIGGER ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait