William Eshagh

Open Government @ Ames Research Center

William Eshagh (pronounced "S"-Hawk) is an attorney-turned-technologist working on Open Government and the Nebula Cloud Computing Platform out of the NASA Ames Research Center. Attracted to space and technology at an early age through the intrepid voyages of various 24th century explorers, NASA spurs his imagination. William holds a degree in Political Science from California State University, Stanislaus and received his Juris Doctor from Santa Clara University School of Law where he served as the Managing Editor for the 25th Volume of the Santa Clara Computer and High Tech Law Journal.

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Latest Posts by Eshagh

The Plan for Code

| Today we are launching code.nasa.gov, the latest member of the open NASA web family. Through this website, we will continue, unify, and expand NASA’s open source activities. The site will serve to surface existing projects, provide a forum for discussing projects and processes, and guide internal and external groups in open development, release, and contribution. [...]

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NASA on GitHub

| We love open source. Open source philosophies and collaboration models resonate deeply with NASA and our mission. Beyond ideology, open source makes it possible for citizens to directly touch their space program in very real ways. The collective genius enabled by open source emboldens us and helps us reach new heights, whether they be in [...]

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Open Source Development at NASA

| This post complements a presentation given at the 2011 NASA IT Summit entitled A Case for Bi-lateral Open Source Development: The Nebula Story and Key Findings from the Open Source Summit.  Although written by an attorney, this post is not legal advice or analysis and should not be taken as such. NASA has a special [...]

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NASA Forward Maker Camp

| NASA Forward Maker Camp has been an effective experiment in new ways to engage the workforce in fast, hyper local projects that advance NASA’s mission and vision. The event provides a chance to pursue projects of value to the NASA mission that might not normally be done and also to collaborate with others from around the agency [...]

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