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NASA is a FOSS contributor. Got a problem with that?
by asadotzler 3y ago
NASA is a FOSS contributor. Got a problem with that?
- Gormo 3y agoNot hugely, since NASA is an organization with a very narrowly tailored scope, and it's participating in FOSS projects as a means to the end of facilitating its space-exploration mission. FOSS is incidental to NASA's purpose;: they use and modify code, and contribute their work back upstream, but aren't engaged in software development for public consumption as a primary activity. OTOH, I'd be extremely wary of a political organization founded for the specific purpose of funding/influencing the overall FOSS ecosystem.