[amsat-bb] NASA and Open Source

[Bruce Perens]

I am reading a NASA Grant application today, and noticed this text:

Program elements will give preference to proposals that include a plan for
committing
software as Open Source Software (OSS), beginning at the inception of the
proposed
work. This plan will include the identification of software components
developed as part
of the proposed work, and designate a permissive, widely accepted OSS
license and a
public repository hosting service for these components.