Not sure how many may have already read this article, but here it is incase there are those who have not.
<snip> 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; UK Government will seek to avoid lock-in to proprietary IT products and services; UK Government will consider obtaining full rights to bespoke software code or customisations of COTS (Commercial Off The Shelf) software it procures wherever this achieves best value for money; UK Government will explore further the possibilities of using OSS as the default exploitation route for Government funded R&D software. </snip> To view the entire article visit: http://www.shout99.com/contractors/showarticle.pl?id=12017&toparticle=12017 http://www.ogc.gov.uk/oss/OSS-policy.html
