Pentagon: Open source good to go
Military IT folks wondering if their use of Apache, Perl, Linux and other open source software is copacetic with the brass will soon get some answers from the Defense Department's Office of the Chief Information Officer.
The office is preparing a memorandum that further clarifies how open source may be procured and used within the services.
The memo should answer many lingering questions still surrounding the open source, said Daniel Risacher, the data strategy leader for the Office of Secretary of Defense who is drafting the memo. The draft may point out some potential benefits as well.
"Those factors that are in favor of open source have not been appreciated to date," said Risacher, speaking at the Red Hat Government Users and Developers conference, being held today. The DOD CIO office is aiming to release the memo by early November.
From Risacher's description of the draft, the memo may reinforce the acceptability of using open source software within the Defense Department, as well as for other federal agencies. It may even broaden procedures for procuring commercial software.
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