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Re: NASA code from years of projects

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Post by sliverstorm » Fri, May 02, 2014, 5:29 PM UTC

ForHackernews wrote: post #5

tlarkworthy wrote: post #4

Um, the first one doesn't seem to have any code in it ... or documentation ... or anything ... https://github.com/nasa/Kodiak

> Library for rigurous verification of non-linear arithmetic Very rigurous

Yes, that's right, let's mock people for typos in code that was never really intended for public consumption. I'm sure that will make them want to release more of it in the future.

Re: NASA code from years of projects

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Post by juliocc » Fri, May 02, 2014, 5:33 PM UTC

Not sure if intentional but they left a couple of private keys in here: https://github.com/nasa/CoECI-CMS-Healthcare-Fraud-Preventio...

Re: NASA code from years of projects

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Post by jcchin41 » Fri, May 02, 2014, 5:46 PM UTC

tlarkworthy wrote: post #4

Um, the first one doesn't seem to have any code in it ... or documentation ... or anything ... https://github.com/nasa/Kodiak

Many projects at NASA are just starting to ramp up open-source efforts, and it can be very challenging to publicly release aerospace toolsets. Give it some time to build up momentum.

Re: NASA code from years of projects

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Post by joeblau » Fri, May 02, 2014, 11:18 PM UTC

colinbartlett wrote: post #9

joeblau wrote: post #8

Some of the projects are missing licensing or have pretty stringent licensing restrictions. It's as if leaders of companies are saying "Oh yeah lets open source it, that will make us popular." If I can't use this code without having to jump though 100 hoops, I'd rather not bother with it. It's like Marvels announcement last week, "Here is our API, but you can't do anything with it. Have fun."

It's just a start, give them time.

In this day and age, companies rarely get second chances. Unless NASA releases a brand new amazing library, this is the only time we're going to see this. Unfortunately, the Internet is not very kind to second chances.