Would, that it were, that agencies and programmes of the UN had the fibre to adopt such a clear position. That alone would provide a meaningful and useful precedent for Member States' ministries and departments to consider in their own porcurements.
Thanks for bringing this to our attention, Dirk. --- On Mon, 28/2/11, Dirk-Willem van Gulik <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Dirk-Willem van Gulik <[email protected]> > Subject: [Geowanking] UK: Use of Open Standards when specifying ICT > requirements > To: [email protected] > Date: Monday, 28 February, 2011, 22:48 > Note sure if folks have seen > > > http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/resource-library/procurement-policy-note-ppn-use-open-standards-when-specifying-ict-requirements > Action Note 3/11 31 January 2011 > Procurement Policy Note – Use of Open > Standards when specifying ICT requirements. > > but it gives Inspire et.al. some serious umpf/wings. > > In particular note that besides the usual EU wide general > take on this policy - the UK *also* says: > > *) are thoroughly documented and > publicly available at zero or low cost; > > *) have intellectual property made > irrevocably available on a royalty free basis; and > > *) as a whole can be implemented and > shared under different development approaches and on a > number of platforms. > > Those in the UK may well take some time to comment - even > if it is as simple as applauding the initiative (and thus > help bolster it against the onslaught of negative feedback). > Note also the publicly available element - along with > irrevocably. These 3 additional point are a major game > changer IMHO. > > My compliments to the UK and its Cabinet, > > Thanks, > > Dw. / Dirk-Willem van Gulik > _______________________________________________ > Geowanking mailing list > [email protected] > http://geowanking.org/mailman/listinfo/geowanking_geowanking.org > _______________________________________________ Geowanking mailing list [email protected] http://geowanking.org/mailman/listinfo/geowanking_geowanking.org
