Did anything ever come of that movement to write an open source software license like "Anyone can use this, except the NSA"? It was a briefly-popular idea in 2013 or so.

Good luck enforcing that or finding out if the NSA is using your software. It's just a silly idea.

Probably, though it came about after finding out the NSA uses Sinatra, so it's not entirely impossible.

OCB has an explicit "no military use" license. It caused huge headaches for e.g. openssl; they had to get a special exemption.

http://web.cs.ucdavis.edu/~rogaway/ocb/license.htm

See also the JSON license.

It is a contradiction of terms. An open source license cannot exclude any groups, else it is not open source.

Everyone knows the NSA is an AWS shop.

This comment is getting downvoted, but there might be some tongue-in-cheek truth: the CIA, after all, did a $600 million deal with AWS to build an on-premise cloud.

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/07/the-d...

>What you need to know about the AWS Canada (Central) Region.

>Is my data secure?

>AWS is a battleship carrier armed with a thousand of the world's best security engineers, on a robust proven security driven platform, used by the NSA and the CIA. Their business depends on protecting your data.

http://www.trinimbus.com/faq-amazon-web-services-canada-regi...

USG and military have access to different select portfolios of Amazon and Microsoft Azure service depending on the data said system stores (classified, not, PII, PHI and for whom) and how it must be secured by USG or DoD regulations.

Amazon was the first and only answer. Ironically Azure Gov and DoD are catching up.

There is indeed truth to it. The cloud in the deal you mentioned is open to all IC agencies and not just the CIA.

I thought it was funny