Re: [sheflug] Government open source policy

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

> You'll be very lucky if you get a sensbile reply to any of your 
> questions.
I live in hope.
 

> 
> There won't be any mention of open source or Free software.  It's all 
> carefully spun up/ spun together / spin / double talk.  Who is your 
> MP ?  Just out of curiosity.
The lines I was looking at are 

UK Government will consider OSS solutions alongside proprietary ones in
IT
procurements. Contracts will be awarded on a value for money basis.
• UK Government will only use products for interoperability that support
open
standards and specifications in all future IT developments.

and the title of the document is

OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE
Use within UK Government

and from

e-Government Interoperability Framework
openness – the specifications are documented and available to the public

My MP is Angela Smith. Maybe she's nicer than yours! 

David


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