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NASA Ames Gets OSI Certified

Posted by timothy on from the you're-paying-for-this-microphone dept.

Lunchy writes "A long standing monument to the growth of research and development in Silicon Valley, the NASA Ames Research Center has done advanced research in the area since 1939. Originally, the center focused on aircraft (and dirigible) research but it is now a high-tech computer science center. The open source community may be interested to know that NASA Ames is now OSI Certified and is releasing some of their software under open source licenses."

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  1. Good news by mwheeler01 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I think this is pretty good news. The more big government agencies that work with open source the better the backing will be when something like software patents come center stage in the supreme court.

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  2. CFD codes, etc? by 4of12 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Historically, a lot of interesting developements in computational fluid dynamics, particularly compressible aerodynamics, have come out of NASA Ames.

    I didn't see any of those codes showcased on the webpage, though:(

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    1. Re:CFD codes, etc? by chris_mahan · · Score: 3, Interesting

      from what I understand having looked at the various project (CODE looks interesting) my impression is that they need help, because the projects are very complex and they probably can't dedicate the manpower needed to see them through.

      On the other hand, it would be rad for street cred if _your_ code was used in a spacecraft.

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