[sheflug] government open source policy

[David Willington <david.willington [at] xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear All

Does anyone know what the relationship is between government policy and
a public body's duties to it. I'm thinking specifically of the two below

http://www.govtalk.gov.uk/schemasstandards/egif_document.asp?docnum=949

http://www.govtalk.gov.uk/policydocs/policydocs_document.asp?docnum=905&topic=61&topictitle=Open+Source+Software+Policy+&subjecttitle=Open+Source+Software

If I've understood them correctly it's government policy for publicly
funded bodies to use open standards in document exchange and to consider
open source solutions when getting IT resources but this doesn't happen.
I'm helping a school setup moodle and a website CMS. They like the open
source options but in the next few months the preferred provider for the
Building Schools for the Future scheme's going to be announced and there
doesn't seem to be any mention of open source at all. My MP hasn't
replied yet.

Thanks

David Willington


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