Dean Hamstead wrote:
this legislation is meaningless as open source projects cant respond to tenders.
vendors are already selling products rooted in, or heavily based on open
source. the basis of the softwares development was already irrelevant in the
tender process.
this legislation should have also included statements requiring software
licenses to be strictly adhered to - open source or otherwise - and some
commitment to enforcing the disclosure of source code from the vendors when
appropriate.
Hi Dean,
This is policy not legislation and principles are broad. I
haven't had a chance to check the detail of the policy but
there is also this in the blog posting:
The policy includes three principles as well as some draft text for government
departments and agencies to include in future RFT documentation:
Marghanita
On 04/02/2011, at 7:57 AM, Marghanita da Cruz <marghan...@ramin.com.au> wrote:
This looks like a step forward:
The policy includes three principles as well as some draft text for government
departments and agencies to include in future RFT documentation:
* Principle 1: Australian Government ICT procurement processes must
actively and fairly consider all types of available software.
* Principle 2: Suppliers must consider all types of available software when
dealing with Australian Government agencies.
* Principle 3: Australian Government agencies will actively participate in
open source software communities and contribute back where appropriate.
<http://www.katelundy.com.au/2011/02/03/welcome-news-for-open-source/comment-page-1/>
Policy available in HTML at
<http://www.finance.gov.au/publications/guide-to-open-source-software/index.html>
Marghanita
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