The United States government is planning a new policy to make code developed for federal agencies Open Source and you can submit feedback on the draft through Github.
The current draft says at least 20% of the newly developed code must become Open Source.
Current topics of their interest:
>To what extent is the proposed pilot an effective means to fuel innovation, lower costs, benefit the public, and meet the operational and mission needs of covered agencies?
>Would a different minimum percentage be more or less effective in achieving the goals above?
>To what extent could this policy have an effect on the software development market? For example, could such a policy increase or decrease competition among vendors, dollar amounts bid on Federal contracts, or total life-cycle cost to the Federal Government?
>What opportunities and challenges exist in Government-wide adoption of an open source policy?
Some people are already suggesting that Open Source Software is too dangerous on Github.
You can submit feedback here:
https://github.com/WhiteHouse/source-code-policy/issues
Trigger warning
>>53596435
But open source is less secure retard
>>53596435
are you telling me the most wealthy country on the world is expecting help from a bunch of depressed neets, for free?
>on github
stopped reading the image there 2bh, anyone seriously considering using that shithole should be neutered.
>github
they're in for a fun ride
>>53596863
Why?
>>53596435
NO! NO! WHAT THE FUCK!?
The major problem with government development isn't that there's enough eyes looking at it, it's that the only eyes looking at it are gov't employees because of artificial boundaries setup on their networks.
Holy fuck this is the epitome of incompetence.
How did they completely miss the whole "making gov't projects accessible to contractors outside of gov't networks" step? That's the entire fucking problem. The only people willing to sit in front of anemic gov't computers that spend 90% of the day running McAfee virus scans, making them unusable, are the worst type of people.
>>53596924
>To use GitHub on a non-individual level your company must not have ANY white, straight males in any sort of executive position.
>GitHub: Dear U.S. government, we've recently reviewed your application and feel that the term "White House" is offensive. Please change it to something that is less racist and more socially acceptable.
>>53596930
To add onto this, so you anons get a level of gov't incompetence. If you wanted to install git on your computer so you can actually work. You need to file a ticket that has a 2 fucking week turnaround time.
>the gubnment
>on GayHub
I can already feel it:
>WhiteHouse? Das racist man you be keepin the black ppl down!
>>53596972
Beat you to it, nigger lover.
>>53596958
You are wrong. Contractors are used all the time even in highly secure facilities. Snowden was a contractor.
The only technology thread on /g/ gets meme replies.
>>53596997
Damn nigga, it's because Clover had a stroke and I had to reload the thread.
