Guys, I know this will be of great interest to you. Big up to the open source movement. Cheers.
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: John Scott III <[email protected]> Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2012 17:16:13 -0500 Subject: [mil-oss] Fwd: | 01.05.12 | NASA unveils 'community hub' for open source To: [email protected] very cool Begin forwarded message: > 2. NASA unveils 'community hub' for open source > By Molly Bernhart Walker Comment | Forward | Twitter | Facebook | > LinkedIn > > NASA is expanding its open government efforts with the addition of yet > another site to theopen.nasa.gov family of websites. Code.nasa.govlaunched in > "early alpha" Jan. 4 with a focus on providing access to current NASA open > source projects, a guide to NASA's open source release process and a > forthcoming forum tool for project collaboration. > > "We hope to lower the barriers to building open technology in partnership > with the public," wrote William Eshagh, one of the open.nasa.gov blog authors. > > NASA expects the new site to become a community hub for open source projects. > Once the forum is up and running, the agency's open government team will > begin work on a third phase, the incorporation of development tools into the > forum platform. > > Distributed version control, issue tracking, continuous integration and > documentation are among the additions expected for phase three. It will > culminate with the complete integration of tools, service and process chain, > explains Eshagh in the post. > > In August 2011 NASA unveiled a catalog of open data with the launch of > data.nasa.gov. The site includes a directory of datasets, tools and a > data-quality reporting mechanism. > > For more: > - visit code.nasa.gov > - read the announcement on the NASA blog > > Related Articles: > NASA opens raw data index > DISA to open Forge.mil to intelligence community > Transparency groups demand more from National Action Plan for open government > NASA touts Nebula, faults the public cloud > > Read more about: NASA, Open Government, William Eshagh > back to top > > ----------------------------------------------------------- John Scott 240.401.6574 < [email protected] > http://powdermonkey.blogs.com @johnmscott Have you joined MIL-OSS?: http://groups.google.com/group/mil-oss http://mil-oss.org/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "Military Open Source Software" Google Group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mil-oss?hl=en www.mil-oss.org _______________________________________________ The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: [email protected] Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in any way.
