An influential advisory panel says the Defense Department should have access to the source code for software running on custom-built systems if officials want to improve security, performance and the speed at which DOD fields software updates. The Defense Innovation Board's " Ten Commandments of Software ," unveiled during the board's April 26 meeting in Cambridge, MA, includes the recommendation that "every purpose-built DOD software system should include source code as a deliverable." The draft commandments could be modified, but...
