<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/869e31e2-57f6-4d7e-983b-8cbfce1913e4/E0106FAE-5C65-4749-B402-E241973907A6/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/open-space" href="http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/open-space" style="font-size: 11px;">www.linuxjournal.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/open-space"><P>There are more than a few of us who would be overjoyed to see Open Source take over the world. For the geeks at NASA, though, the world is not enough. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/open-space">In order to coordinate its extensive use of Open Source, <A href="http://opensource.arc.nasa.gov/">the space agency now has its own repo</A>, complete with Open Source-licensed code for many of its projects.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/open-space">According to NASA, the motivation behind providing its Open Source repository is</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/open-space"><UL> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">To increase NASA software quality via community peer review</LI> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">To accelerate software development via community contributions</LI> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">To maximize the awareness and impact of NASA research</LI> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">To increase dissemination of NASA software in support of NASA's education mission</LI> </UL></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/open-space">It's refreshing to see this level of commitment to Open Source from such an important — and highly-visible — government agency. With Open Source in government receiving a significant push, including the recent formation of the <A href="http://www.linux-foundation.org/weblogs/jzemlin/2009/07/22/linux-paves-way-for-new-%E2%80%9Copen-source-in-america%E2%80%9D-coalition/"><EM>Open Source for America</EM></A> coalition, NASA stands as a shining example of how Open Source in the public sector should work.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/E0106FAE-5C65-4749-B402-E241973907A6/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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