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 Use of Free and Open-Source Software (FOSS) in the U.S. Department of Defense
This report documents the results of a short email-mediated study by The MITRE Corporation on the use of free and open-source software (FOSS) in the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). FOSS is distinctive because it gives users the right to run, copy, distribute, study, change, and improve it as they see fit, without having to ask permission from or make fiscal payments to any external group or person.
The autonomy properties of FOSS make it...
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http://www.microcross.com/dodfoss.pdf
6/16/2006
Tags: gnu, military
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