NASA Open Source Agreement: Difference between revisions
No edit summary |
added stuff |
||
| Line 10: | Line 10: | ||
| Debian approved = ? |
| Debian approved = ? |
||
| Free Software = No<ref name="fsflist">{{cite web |
| Free Software = No<ref name="fsflist">{{cite web |
||
| url=http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html |
| url=http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#NonFreeSoftwareLicense |
||
|title=Various Licenses and Comments about Them}}</ref> |
|title=Various Licenses and Comments about Them}}</ref> |
||
| GPL compatible = No |
| GPL compatible = No |
||
| Line 29: | Line 29: | ||
}}</ref> |
}}</ref> |
||
The NASA Open Source Agreement was accepted as an [[open source license]]. The Free Software Foundation raises issue with the fallowing clause: |
|||
<blockquote>G. Each Contributor represents that that its Modification is believed |
|||
to be Contributor's original creation and does not violate any |
|||
existing agreements, regulations, statutes or rules, and further that |
|||
Contributor has sufficient rights to grant the rights conveyed by this |
|||
Agreement.</blockquote> |
|||
The FSF believes that “[f]ree software development depends on combining code from third parties”, and because of this requirement that changes be your “original creation” the license is not a [[free software licence]].<ref name="fsflist" /> |
|||
== See also == |
== See also == |
||
Revision as of 17:44, 24 March 2009
 NASA logo | |
| Author | NASA |
|---|---|
| Latest version | 1.3 |
| Publisher | NASA |
| Published | ? |
| SPDX identifier | NASA-1.3 |
| Debian FSG compatible | ? |
| FSF approved | No[1] |
| OSI approved | Yes |
| GPL compatible | No |
| Copyleft | ? |
| Linking from code with a different licence | ? |
| Website | opensource |
The NASA Open Source Agreement (NOSA) is an OSI-approved software license. The United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) releases some software (such as NASA World Wind) under this license. The NOSA allows NASA to increase software quality and accelerate development by involving a broader community in code review and contribution. It is also hoped that open sourced NASA software will maximize awareness and impact of NASA research, particularly in support of NASA's education mission.[2]
Publication of open source software fits in with Agency functions outlined under the National Aeronautics and Space Act, that is, to "provide for the widest practicable and appropriate dissemination of information concerning its activities and the results thereof."[3]
The NASA Open Source Agreement was accepted as an open source license. The Free Software Foundation raises issue with the fallowing clause:
G. Each Contributor represents that that its Modification is believed
to be Contributor's original creation and does not violate any existing agreements, regulations, statutes or rules, and further that Contributor has sufficient rights to grant the rights conveyed by this
Agreement.
The FSF believes that “[f]ree software development depends on combining code from third parties”, and because of this requirement that changes be your “original creation” the license is not a free software licence.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Various Licenses and Comments about Them".
- ^ "NASA Open Source Software". Retrieved 2008-01-23.
- ^ "The National Aeronautics and Space Act". Retrieved 2008-01-23.
External links
- Text of the NASA Open Source Software Agreement in various formats
- Ames Research Center open source software
- Goddard Spaceflight Center open source software
 | This law-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |