Ubuntu releases SSO code

The Ubuntu project has released its single sign-on authentication software as an open source project, reports Computerworld.

The authentication application, Canonical Identity provider, was previously a proprietary application. The single sign-on (SSO) provider project is part of Canonical Identity Systems, which is a series of projects to support Canonical's OpenID-based SSO platform.

Launchpad is hosting the source code, and includes a number of add-on modules to integrate with OpenID that have also been released under an open source licence.

The US government has released open source code relating to its efforts to develop an open platform for whitehouse.gov, says The Inquirer.

This code is available for anyone to review, use, or modify. The US branch executive states they are excited to see how developers across the world put their work to good use in their own applications.

The code forms part of the Drupal CMS project, an open source content management system.

SETI plans to release its data to the public with the hopes that open source developers, students and other experts in digital signal processing will lend their intelligence to the project, writes Popular Science.

The data has been compiled from 25 years of scanning the skies with astronomical telescopes, and will be published on a Web site where users can download datasets of information.

The goal is to locate patterns or noise that the existing SETI algorithms may have overlooked.