OZONE & OWF: A Community-wide GOTS initiative and its transition to GOSS Jason Kahn, Department of Defense and Tina Coleman, Next Century Computing

1. OWF Opens Up
From GOTS to GOSS:
The Launch Path So Far
Jason Kahn, OWF Project Lead
Tina Coleman, OWF Community Support Lead
4 August 2010

2. OWF: GOTS to GOSS
What OWF Is;
Why Open-Source It, Anyway?
THE BIRTH OF A PROJECT
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3. OWF: GOTS to GOSS
OZONE Widget Framework - Overview
A common thin-client environment for dynamic analytic workflows
using lightweight web-applications (widgets) distributed across
the enterprise.
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4. OWF: GOTS to GOSS
Decoupled Deployment
OWF Widget Widget
Hosting Hosting Hosting
Server Server Server
Widgets need not be hosted
on the same server, domain,
or technology as OWF
service request service request service request
Service Hosting Service Hosting Service Hosting
Environment A Environment B Environment C
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5. OWF: GOTS to GOSS
OWF Equation
The framework for visually organizing and Marketplace to discover widgets
laying out lightweight web applications
(widgets)
Messaging bridge for thin/thick client Community development
communications
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6. OWF: GOTS to GOSS
Framework + discovery + messaging + widgets =
Analyst-driven mission success
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7. OWF: GOTS to GOSS
Why Open-Source It?
Increasing
rework each
release!
Agency A
enhancements
OWF
Release
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8. OWF: GOTS to GOSS
Why Open-Source It?
Agency • Enhancements
A • Priorities
Agency • Enhancements
B • Priorities
Agency • Enhancements
C • Priorities
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9. OWF: GOTS to GOSS
“So how new are we?”
BABY STEPS
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10. OWF: GOTS to GOSS
Short-Term Successes…
• CIO Level Agreement: Go GOSS!
• Initial Set of Advisory Board Members
• Charter
• Source and Ticket Tracking System
• Draft Roadmap
• Core Contributor Model
• Patch Submissions
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11. OWF: GOTS to GOSS
… Long-Term Vision
• Forge.mil?
• Updates to Advisory Board
• Extend Core Contributor Set
• Community Development
• Widget Sharing
• True FOSS
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12. OWF: GOTS to GOSS
Stumbling blocks and trip points…
HURDLES
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13. OWF: GOTS to GOSS
Parental Expectations
Agency
Parent
A Agency
Becoming Agency Agency
Parent D A
Agency Agency
D Agency B
Agency Agency Agency
C C B
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14. OWF: GOTS to GOSS
Lots of Expectant Parties Now!
Agency
A
Agency Agency
F B
OWF
Agency Agency
E C
Agency
D
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15. OWF: GOTS to GOSS
OSS Expectations - License
Current Debate
• DoD Community Source • Fair Use for biz dev,
License evaluation, …?
• Derivative works?
• Binary versus
development?
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16. Questions?