LI_S02E13_FLOSS_in_the_military

Linux Inlaws

Not mentioning the elephant in the room, Martin and Chris take a closer look the vital role FLOSS is playing in modern defence systems and as part of military technology in general. Although the topic is not for the faint-hearted, it still shows the important part of FLOSS when defending core values very close to open source software in general: liberty, democracy and freedom in general.

Links

• OSI FLOSS definition: https://opensource.org/osd
• Android Team Awareness Kit: https://tak.gov
• DARPA: https://www.darpa.mil
• History of DARPA projects: https://www.darpa.mil/timeline/index
• ARPANET: https://web.archive.org/web/20120915113839/http://www.darpa.mil/WorkArea/DownloadAsset.aspx?id=2554
• Mil-OSS: https://mil-oss.dev
• BWMESSENGER: https://element.io/matrix-in-germany/projects/bwmessenger
• Taurus leak: https://www.theregister.com/2024/03/04/germany_confirms_russia_leak_genuine
• freeCodeCamp: https://www.freecodecamp.org
• Spectral: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2106651/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_q_spectral