A Case for Bi-lateral Open Source Development:
The Nebula Story and Key Findings from the Open Source Summit
William Eshagh
August 17, 2011
Open Source Definition
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Free Redistribution
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Source Code
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Derived Works
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Integrity of Author's Source Code
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No Discrimination Against Persons or Groups
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No Discrimination Against Field of Endeavor
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Distribution of License
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License Must Not Be Specific to a Product
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License Must Not Restrict Other Software
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License Must be Technology-Neutral
Source: Open Source Initiative, http://www.opensource.org
The Bazaar and the Cathedral
Source: Christine Zenino, http://bit.ly/jPTDry
Open Source Enables Democratic Government
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Openness
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Direct Public Participation
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Upgrading the Public Dialog
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Open to Scrutiny by Anyone
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Cementing the Public Trust
Open Government Initiative
My Administration is committed to creating an unprecedented level of openness in Government.
Principles:
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Transparency
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Public Participation
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Collaboration
Source: NASA/Dominic Hart March 2010
http://go.usa.gov/b3F
OpenStack Metrics: Member Organizations
OpenStack Metrics: Active Developers
OpenStack Worldwide
OpenStack Metrics: Highlights
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First bug reported 8 minutes after launch. Fixed 12 minutes later.
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30 companies within first month, 50 in 8 months, 77 today.
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1004 members of the development community.
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Named #2 open source project of 2010 by Black Duck.
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In first month, web, iPad, iPhone, and Android interfaces created.
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Selected by Canonical to become the foundation of Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud.
http://go.usa.gov/b3F
Open Source Summit 2011
http://www.nasa.gov/open/source
Source: NASA/Dominic Hart March 2011
Open Source Summit 2011: Key Findings
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Communicate NASA's Open Source Efforts
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Deprecate Vanity License
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Barriers to Community
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Barriers to Development Models and Ongoing Support
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Government Restrictions (ITAR, etc.)
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Contributions to External Projects
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Encouraging Open Source ("Open Source First")
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Open Policy Development
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Open Software Culture
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Make Open Source Accessible and Support the Community
Source: Open Source Summit Draft Proceedings
Open Source Summit 2011: Key Findings
License Use over >2 Billon Lines of Code
Source: Chris DiBona, Google
Open Source Summit 2011: Highlights
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Firefox ships in 80 languages. 79 of those are localized by volunteers.
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When erlang joined github, their contributions increased by 500%.
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Open Source Software is almost always commercial/COTS.
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Restrictions such as export control, intellectual property, and IT security are very real and must be respected. That does not, however, preclude open source use, release, and development. The potential rewards for open sourcing your projects can be staggering.
http://xkcd.com/225/
