Home open data explore with us data stories innovation space about. Nasa open source software intelligent systems division. The nasa open source software agreement was developed in 2003 as a means to enable public release of nasa source code. Resources nasa langley research center office of chief counsel. This option is under the nasa open source agreement nosa. Deploy one golden windows image to any hardware model. Nasa langley occ intellectual property law newsletter articles.
Nasa has used open source to address project and mission needs, to accelerate software development, and to maximize public awareness and impact of our research. Nosa is endorsed by the open source initiative, and is the chief overseer of nasas open source definitions and usage agreements. Nasa was the first federal agency to develop a framework for releasing software developed with taxpayer funding as open source the nasa open source agreement. This software excluding the libraries identified below under.
It was first developed by nasa in 2003 for use on personal computers and then further developed in concert with the open source community since 2004. Nasa open source agreement license is not approved by the free software foundation because its original creation clause bars derivatives. Sep 10, 2014 tasc 2014 nasa software of the year cowinner. The 20192020 nasa software catalog offers hundreds of new software programs you can download for free to use in a wide variety of technical applications. Nas open source software nasa advanced supercomputing division. Software may be approved for several different types of release. Open source only means that the source is open to view. It contains components from nasas common data format cdf library, the spdfs web services libraries, and the ccmcs kameleon mhd data interpolation library. An example of a licence that makes it possible to have an opensource software thats not free software is the nasa open source agreement.
As part of the effort to create an open source option, nasa formed a crossagency legal team this team created the nasa open source agreement nosa for open source releases. Full 3d numerical analysis of a twin screw compressor by. Apr 28, 2011 the issue that the fsf cites is as follows. Cosmoscode certainly could be a big deal, said david boswell, a colab volunteer and cofounder of. Contains the nasa open source software catalog for automatic deployment to code. The nasa open source agreement nosa is an osiapproved software license. Free software development depends on combining code from third parties, and the nasa license doesnt permit this. Visbard is written in sun microsystems java programming language. These options now include open source software release. The nasa open source agreement nosa is an open source initiative osi approved license to allow public release of nasa funded software.
Nasa open source agreement prescribes an unusual condition that 2 licenses. Open source means that software is distributed with source code and a usage agreement that grants specific rights regarding use and reuse of the code. Jun 04, 2012 nasa hpc modeling forums and knowledge base. The basic idea is to provide the source code of the model or application, a tutorial on its use, and a feedback mechanism with the community so that the model can be tested, improved, and archived. Opensource software is used from the orbit visualization tool for tsyganenko field line plotting, jdom library for java access to xml functionality, the log4j library. Oct 24, 2019 technology transfer is an important part of the mission at nasa s goddard space flight center. Technology transfer is an important part of the mission at nasas goddard space flight center. Curated by nasa, work on worldwind began in 2002 and was released under the nasa open source agreement nosa. Since 2003, we have released more than 60 software projects under the nosa. The cfs is a platform and project independent reusable software framework and set of reusable applications developed by nasa goddard space flight center. Jun 04, 2012 this gzipped tar file contains updated june 2016 source code for the geos2wrf and merra2wrf software, as well as a pdf copy of the nasa open source software agreement. Mar 17, 2017 communitydriven catalog of nasa s software release projects developers can use to register open source projects. This software excluding the libraries identified below.
Nosa is endorsed by the open source initiative, and is the chief overseer of nasa s open source definitions and usage agreements. May 09, 2018 software nasa software release process. Software usage agreement nasa gsfc open source software. Tool for analysis of surface cracks tasc tasc 2014 nasa software of the year cowinner. One such example is the nasa open source agreement. May 15, 2019 as part of the effort to create an open source option, nasa formed a crossagency legal team this team created the nasa open source agreement nosa for open source releases. Resources nasa langley research center office of chief. Contributor means government agency, as the developer of the original software, and any entity that makes a modification. The united states national aeronautics and space administration nasa releases some software such as nasa world wind under this license. Nasa open source agreement is within the scope of wikiproject open, a collaborative attempt at improving wikimedia content with the help of openly licensed materials and improving wikipedia articles related to openness including open access publishing, open educational resources, etc. This template is for the cooperative agreement used by nasa hqs earth science data systems esds advancing collaborative connections for earth system science access.
Jan 19, 2018 the cfs is a platform and project independent reusable software framework and set of reusable applications developed by nasa goddard space flight center. In order to implement our data policy tenet that algorithms, including scientific source code, be included in the term data, and be shared fully and openly, the following alternate data rights clause was created by nasa to include in cooperative agreements and contracts with data providers supported by nasa. Nasa worldwind is an opensource released under the nosa license and the apache 2. Use requires either a software usage agreement sua or an open source license. The office of technology transfer at jpl is responsible for new technology reporting, nasa tech briefs, software release, patents, licensing, and commercialization as these activities relate to jpldeveloped technologies. Under the nasa software release policy, nasa has several options for the release of nasa developed software technologies. The united states national aeronautics and space administration nasa.
The full text of the open source software agreement is available here. This framework is used as the basis for the flight software for satellite data systems and instruments, but can be used on other embedded systems. Nasa conducts research and development in software and software technology as an essential response to the needs of nasa missions. The nasa open source agreement nosa is an open source initiative osi approved license to.
Swe041 open source software notification nasa software. Libraries identified under third party open source software are released 1 under apache license, version 2. Communitydriven catalog of nasas software release projects developers can use to register open source projects. Nasas goddard space flight center code 102 8800 greenbelt road greenbelt, md 20771 email. This license received open source initiative approval, but has been criticized for potentially hindering code reuse. This gzipped tar file contains updated june 2016 source code for the geos2wrf and merra2wrf software, as well as a pdf copy of the nasa open source software agreement. See nasa grant and cooperative agreement handbook, section 1230. Open source code is typically created as a collaborative effort in which programmers improve upon the code and share the changes within the community. Nasa has just released tons of free and open source. These programs are responsible for preparing geos5, merra, or merra2 data for use with the wrf or nuwrf model. The coupling of the two tools has been carried out in this work, applying the methodology to a twin screw machine. Feb, 2020 earthdata login apis provide free and immediate access to thousands of eosdis data products covering all earth science disciplines and topic areas. Nasa worldwind is an open source released under the nosa license and the apache 2.
Open source licensea software license, approved by the open source initiative. Earthdata login apis provide free and immediate access to thousands of eosdis data products covering all earth science disciplines and topic areas. The motivations for nasa to distribute software codes open source are. After your signed agreement is accepted by the center sra, you will receive an email notification of the method of software delivery. Sep 22, 2011 nasa has recently developed an open source option for the release of nasa developed software. Nas open source software nasa advanced supercomputing. If you would like to participate, visit the project page for more information.
See users manual for release details tool for analysis of surface cracks tasc is a computer program created in matlab to enable easy computation of nonlinear jintegral solutions for surface cracked plates in tension by accessing and interpolating between the 600 nonlinear surface crack solutions documented in. The nasa open source agreement nosa is an open source initiative osi approved license to allow public release of nasafunded software. Nasa has just released tons of free and open source software. Nasa has a lot of software already released under their nasa open source agreement. Nasa says that these software are useful for professionals. Open source and general resource software nasa open data. Open source sprouted in the technological community as a response to proprietary software owned by corporations. Nasa has recently developed an open source option for the release of nasadeveloped software. The project was ported to java in 2006, and in november 2009 was awarded nasa software of the year. If the software code is available for download through the nasa software catalog system, you will have 14 days to download the software through your user account. This gzipped tar file contains source code for version 2. As a part of its technology transfer program, nasa has released lots of free and open source software tools on its website. When applicable, documentation and reporting standards and open source software development plan guidelines may be attached to the cooperative agreement as appendices. Summary open source software policy options for nasa earth.
Open source software policy options for nasa earth and space. Open source licenses allow users to access, modify, and share data and code. Goddards technology, expertise, and facilities are a national asset that can be leveraged to develop new products and processes that benefit the united states. This software excluding the libraries identified below under third party open source software is released under the terms and conditions of the nasa open source agreement nosa. Any open source software policy that nasa science mission. Open source is not necessarily free the startup medium.
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