John Scott's been working with the US Department of Defense to develop a set of guidelines for using free/open source software in the US military:
As a Marine friend says "Agility is the Capability" – open source software and methods is the enabler of this.
The DoD CIO office (or ASD-NII) just has posted new open source software guidance for the whole Department of Defense! Only took about 18 months to get through, so worth it. Hopefully this puts the FUD to bed.
Definitively open source software can be used inside the US Dept. of Defense. This is great news and shows that DoD is heading in the right direction to change how information intensive technology acquisitions programs can move toward a more dynamic OODA loop like model.
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE NEW GUIDANCE ON OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE
(Thanks, John!)
