US Dept. of Defense Creates Its Own Sourceforge 131
mjasay writes "The US Department of Defense, which has been flirting with open source for years as a way to improve software quality and cut costs, has finally burst the dam on Defense-related open-source adoption with Forge.mil, an open-source code repository based on Sourceforge. Though it currently only holds three projects and is limited to DoD personnel for security reasons, all code is publicly viewable and will almost certainly lead to other agencies participating on the site or creating their own. Open source has clearly come a long way. Years ago studies declared open source a security risk. Now, one of the most security-conscious organizations on the planet is looking to open source to provide better security than proprietary alternatives."
Re:~obscurity = security? (Score:5, Funny)
I have a server running somewhere on the internet.
It has an IPv4 address with an open port 666
The password is donkeydick69
If you can't find and login then obscurity does equal security.
Re:~obscurity = security? (Score:2, Funny)
I left you a present :)
We needed this years ago (Score:5, Funny)
When I was first hired as a budding DoD programmer a long time ago, one of the first things I asked is "where is our library of stuff that has been developed locally?"
I might as well have asked "where is my +3 mace?" because we didn't have that either.
I'm glad this is finally happening.
Studies? (Score:4, Funny)
Since when did risible falsehood and fallacy filled rants written by swivel-eyed ideologues count as 'studies'?
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Ken_Brown [sourcewatch.org]
One project already works and is in use. (Score:4, Funny)
The Forge.mil effort started development in October 2009 and the first capability, SoftwareForge, is now available for limited, unclassified use.
HUH (Score:2, Funny)
" Though it currently only holds three projects and is limited to DoD personnel for security reasons, all code is publicly viewable and...."
ok how do you limit the site and make it public at same time, good journalism guys.
and
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f#ck karma
YA like yesterday must a been 22 hrs ago.
this place sucks now. censorship on the uptake i guess them mpaa suiing you guys is having an effect soon it will be 1 post a week then a month then hey why bother letting anyone post.
Re:~obscurity = security? (Score:3, Funny)
But it IS irrelevant if you are prepared to go to his home and beat any information you need out of him.
Re:It's not "SourceForge" anymore... (Score:2, Funny)
They won't have a "news for (military) nerds" site called Dot.mil, would they?
Re:Kindof open anyway (Score:1, Funny)
Plenty easy. I know some recruiters that would be more than happy to give you a PKI enabled CaC...all it would take is a few signatures on your part, and raise your hand for one little oath...
slashdotted (Score:2, Funny)