Mil-OSS, also known as the Military Open Source Software Working Group, is a group that promotes the use and creation of

open-source software Open-source software (OSS) is Software, computer software that is released under a Open-source license, license in which the copyright holder grants users the rights to use, study, change, and Software distribution, distribute the software an ...

in the

United States Department of Defense The United States Department of Defense (DoD, USDOD, or DOD) is an United States federal executive departments, executive department of the federal government of the United States, U.S. federal government charged with coordinating and superv ...

. Mil-OSS is considered a

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Open Source for America Open Source for America (OSFA) is a consortium of various organizations established to advocate for and support the use of free and open-source software in the U.S. Federal government. It consists of various open source foundations, and companies, ...

References

External links

Mil-OSS web site

Mil-OSS Google Group
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