NASA Goes SourceForge

refactorator writes "We have a lift-off! The NASA Ames Research Center has open sourced Java PathFinder , a JVM that is an explicit state software model checker, all written in Java. For the first time, the complete master development site of a live NASA software engineering project is hosted on SourceForge. Read the official press release for details. The team around John Penix, Willem Visser, and Peter Mehlitz fought long and hard to get the development hosted outside of NASA, to enable true collaborative software development. Now show the government that it works - join the fray. May Java PathFinder boldly go where no NASA program has gone before." (Both Slashdot and SourceForge are part of VA Software.)

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Re:commercial use of government software

[killjoe]

"Besides, the rich pay a higher share of taxes now [typepad.com] than they did in 1979."

The rich also own more wealth then they did in 1979. Since the op 5% of the rich control 95% of the wealth they should pay 95% of the taxes too.

The rich are getting a great deal. The income disparity grows, the rich get richer but their tax burden does not increase as fast as their wealth.