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The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD)’s software technology magazine

“DoD Software Tech News” has posted a
whole issue devoted to free-libre / open source software (FLOSS).
If you’re trying to get FLOSS seriously considered by acquisition or
management people, this may be what you need.
This issue includes essays by David A. Wheeler (that’s me!),
Terry Bollinger, John M. Weathersby, Mark […]

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I read voraciously, and occasionally I’ve even been known to see a movie.
So I’ve started to write down
Reviews of
Books, Movies and Other Stuff.
There you can see what I think of various books, movies, etc.
It’s not huge yet, but I intend to make it grow.

In many cases you can click on it to get your own […]

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There are a large number of Free-Libre / Open Source Software (FLOSS)
licenses, but only a few are widely used.
Unsurprisingly, the widely-used licenses tend to be compatible –
that is, it’s possible to combine software under the different licenses
to produce a larger work. But many people have trouble figuring out
when they can be combined, or how.

So I’ve […]

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Microsoft continues to give its bizarre argument that multiple
competing (conflicting) standards for the same purpose is a good thing.
They are dreadfully confused.
Having multiple competing products is a good thing, but having
multiple competing standards is terrible.

Multiple competing standards risk massive property loss, many lives,
and even the loss of your country, according to history.
My presentation
Open Standards and […]

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