16 Apr
2014
16 Apr
'14
9:31 a.m.
On Tue, 15 Apr 2014 16:36:51 -0600
Eric Smith <spacewar at gmail.com> wrote:
On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 10:35 AM, Lyle Bickley
<lbickley at bickleywest.com>wrote:
--snip--
Excellent idea. I've filed FOIAs to get papers released from the gov -
but hadn't thought of it with regards to software.
I'm swamped workwise right now - but when I get the chance I'll file an
FOIA - perhaps to get "All" of the non-classifed NASA software
released...
Cheers,
Lyle
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Bickley Consulting West Inc.
http://bickleywest.com
"Black holes are where God is dividing by zero"
After posting NASA's "open source"
program to this list, I decided
to download some of the "open source" software listed.
[...]
As you'll see, very little of the software
posted on NASA's
"open source" site is actually "open source" as we know it! Most of
it is "US Government Purpose Release". There is a small subset of
software that are identified as "General Public" or "Open Source":
If you have a few more minutes to pursue it, you should file a FOIA
request for the software. If it was produced by or for the
government, and isn't classified, then they most likely have no
lawful grounds for denying distribution of it to you. Saying that it
is "Government Purpose Only" is bureaucratic nonsense; it's either
classified or not, and "Government Purpose Only" isn't a legal
classification.