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DoD Wary of That "Open" Word

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the secure-the-bazaar dept.

joabj writes, "Why is the U.S. Defense Department still reluctant to use open source software, despite assurances from within the DoD itself? Blogging for Government Computer News, I found at a recent D.C. conference that to some extent the roadblock might be with that word 'open'."

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  1. Re:Use "Free" Software as in Freedom by schon · · Score: 0, Troll

    Or better yet, say "Freedom Software" or "Freedomware".

    However, this would only be accurate to the US's new definition of "Freedom" if the software was not only proprietary, but contained Sony-style DRM.