CNAS report recommends DOD 'embrace open-source software'

By Marjorie Censer / August 30, 2016 at 11:00 AM
A new report from the Center for a New American Security is recommending the Pentagon take more aggressive steps to embrace open-source software. The document , released this month, notes that top Pentagon officials have made maintaining the U.S. military edge a priority. But software development is not getting the same attention. "It should be," the report states. "[O]ne of the most effective ways the U.S. could maintain dominance and further strengthen system capability is to insist on openly architected...

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