Q: Am I required to have commercial support for OSS?.Q: How can I get support for OSS that already exists?.Q: Does the Antideficiency act (ADA) prohibit all use of OSS due to limitations on voluntary services?.Q: Is the GPL compatible with Government Unlimited Rights contracts, or does the requirement to display the license, etc, violate Government Unlimited Rights contracts?.
Q: Under what conditions can GPL-licensed software be mixed with proprietary/classified software?.
Q: How does open source software work with open systems/open standards?.Q: Is open source software the same as “open systems/open standards”?.Q: Isn’t OSS developed primarily by inexperienced students?.Q: Are “non-commercial software”, “freeware”, or “shareware” the same thing as open source software?.Q: Why is it important to understand that open source software is commercial software?.Q: Is OSS commercial software? Is it COTS?.Q: Isn’t using open source software (OSS) forbidden by DoD Information Assurance (IA) Policy?.Q: What policies address the use of open source software (OSS) in the Department of Defense?.Q: Is there a name for software whose source code is publicly available, but does not meet the definition of open source software?.Q: Is this related to “open source intelligence”?.Q: What are antonyms for open source software?.Q: What are synonyms for open source software?.Frequently Asked Questions regarding Open Source Software (OSS) and the Department of Defense (DoD).