Re: [SLUG] Federal Gov Open Source Policy

[Marghanita da Cruz <marghanita@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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 <marghanita@xxxxxxxxxxxx> 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>
> >
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