Open source in the national interest

http://weblog.infoworld.com/openresource/archives/2006/07/open_source_in_1.html
国防総省が出した"Open Technology Development"への言及。
http://www.acq.osd.mil/actd/articles/OTDRoadmapFinal.pdf
内容は、OSSに肯定的なリポート。

To summarize: OSS and open source development methodologies are important to the National Security and National Interest of the U.S. for the following reasons:
- Enhances agility of IT industries to more rapidly adapt and change to user needed capabilities.
- Strengthens the industrial base by not protecting industry from competition. Makes industry more likely to compete on ideas and execution versus product lock-in.
- Adoption recognizes a change in our position with regard to balance of trade of IT.
- Enables DoD to secure the infrastructure and increase security by understanding what is actually in the source code of software installed in DoD networks.
- Rapidly respond to adversary actions as well as rapid changes in the technology industrial base.

主に、スピードとソースの公開、そしてそれらの及ぼす周辺への影響について、肯定的に評価されている。