NASA to Host Open Source Summit March In California-Imperial Valley News

Washington, DC-NASA will host a Summit on open source Software Development on 29-30 March on the Agency's Ames Research Center in Moffett field, California. The event runs from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. PDT on both days.

NASA's first Open Source Summit will bring together engineers, policy makers and members of the open source community. Participants will discuss the challenges within the existing policy framework of open source and propose changes to facilitate of NASA's development, introduction and use of software.

"Open source brings numerous benefits NASA software projects, including improved quality, reduced development costs, faster development cycles and fewer barriers to public-private cooperation Agency for the commercialization of technology," said NASA's Chief Technology Officer for information technology Chris c. Kemp. "The full benefits of open source can only be achieved if NASA is able to processes, policies and culture needed to encourage and support open source development."

Objectives for the Summit, establishing a method to support cooperation with the public during the development life cycle; Exploring NASA's ability to release and develop software under open source licenses varied; to determine whether and to what extent NASA to the open source software governance bodies can participate; and collect best practices from the private sector and other federal agencies.

Guest speakers will provide insight into the best practices and valuable lessons learned in the construction and the use of open source communities share. Confirmed speakers include Kemp; Pascal Finetti, Director of Mozilla Labs; Robert Sutor, vice president of Open systems at IBM; Chris Wanstrath, CEO and co-founder of Github; and Brian Stevens, CTO and vice president of Worldwide Engineering at Red Hat.

The Summit will include sessions on licensing, government restrictions, such as the International Traffic in Arms Regulations, governance, and risk assessments.

Seats at the event is limited. However, virtual participation is open to the public through online media, including live video streaming, electronic discussion and joint to take note. For more information or to register for the Summit, visit:

http://www.NASA.gov/open/source/

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