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Provides an overview of open source in the US DoD space.
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Open Source Software
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Free Software
Libre Software
Free/Open Source Software (FOSS or F/OSS)
Free/Libre/Open Source Software (FLOSS)
Non-Commercial Software
Freeware
Shareware
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Open Source Software
Open Architecture
Open System
Open Interface/Standard/Format
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Open Source Software
Remember to think of “free” as in “free speech,” not as in “free beer.”
Richard M. Stallman (1996)
The United States cannot retreat behind a Maginot Line
of firewalls or it will riskbeing overrun.
Cyberwarfare is like maneuver warfare,
in that speed and agility matter most.
William J. Lynn III(2010)
© david plas photography
USER CANNOT CLEAN, FIX, MODIFY, OR UPGRADE
Open Source Software
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Increased Agility/Flexibility
Faster Delivery
Increased Innovation
Information Assurance & Security
Lower Cost
Open Source Software
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"software for which the human-readable source code is available for use, study, re-use, modification, enhancement, and re-
distribution by the users of that software"*
*Reference: 16 October 2009 memorandum from the DoD CIO, "Clarifying Guidance Regarding Open Source Software (OSS)"
Open Source Software
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Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS)
Lead efforts of discovery, collaboration, and seeding development in open source software and practices that produce a measurable impact
Homeland Open Security Technology (HOST)
Open Source Software
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Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS)
www.mil-oss.org
Mil-OSS WG3 · August 2011
Homeland Open Security Technologies (HOST)
