According to the official Navy release, “this memorandum provides guidance for all Navy and Marine Corps commands regarding the use of Open Source Software (OSS). The objective of the Department of Defense
(DoD) goal of achieving an interoperable net-centric environment is to improve the warfighter’s effectiveness through seamless access to critical information. A key piece in supporting the DoD goal is the ability to utilize OSS as part of the Department of the Navy’s (DON) Information Technology (IT) portfolio.”
The “User Guidance Memorandum” is the first in a series of guidance documents to be developed by the DON to address issues regarding “Users” of open source software within all Navy IT systems. Future guidance memorandums will address “development” and “distribution” issues regarding open source within Navy IT environments.
Policy is here: DONCIO OSS User Guidance Memo.
Great work!
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Recommended books
Robert Coram: Boyd : The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War
- Charlie Stross: Halting State
Leo Janos: Skunk Works : A Personal Memoir of My Years of Lockheed
Thomas X. Hammes: The Sling and the Stone: On War in the 21st Century
Terry C. Pierce: Warfighting and Disruptive Technologies: Disguising Innovation
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Honest, you can use it (just call it COTS so no one will know). :)
Posted by: Jim S | June 06, 2007 at 16:36