The NSA was at OSCon last week, gave a great talk about the legal challenges to contributing back to the open source community. They're almost done with a guida

The NSA was at OSCon last week, gave a great talk about the legal challenges to contributing back to the open source community. They're almost done with a guidance framework that will not only allow their department contribute with less friction, but also allow other departments to do the same. Take a look at how much they've done: https://code.nsa.gov/ https://code.nsa.gov/ Ethical and political views of an organization that spies on citizens aside, I think a government organization that open sources it's code is pretty darn cool.