On Wednesday 23 November 2005 23:24, Rai, Vivek BGI UK wrote: > Just got some links to a case filed in Jharkhand High court in > 2003. > > http://www.indianshares.net/law.html > > http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=36075 > > Looks interesting.. ! > > Does anybody know what happenned in this case? > > i think it is a very sensible thing to have a PIL for government > offices to use FLOSS.
A PIL is a very tricky thing to do. And the party with the deeper pocket is more likely to win the pil. Unless one gets some top notch lawyer to fight it pro bono. > In masschusets, US there is now a law that enforces open document > standards for state records. There is no law yet. There is a directive to use ODF for all Mass. state documents. If some state department wants to save content in non ODF formats they will have to justify doing so. If the directive becomes law then only softwares that support ODF will be procured by this state. The directive does not preclude the purchase and use of closed / non free software with ODF functionality. Even a directive as simple as this has the worms at M$ in a twisted knot trying to prevent the use of ODF. They had a Senator who does know the O of ODF pontificating at a hearing. Government tenders cannot skew things to include or exclude a vendor without very sound reasons. If the tender is of high value, it will be fought in court. Further focussing on cost is a very dangerous strategy. U are boxing yourself into lower margins. Infact the benefits of FOSS are so enormous that u should be able to justify and get a higher price than any closed software. > This message and any attachments are confidential, proprietary, and -----cut the crap---- > > Barclays Global Investors Limited is authorised and regulated by > The Financial Services Authority. Registered in England. Registered > No:796793. Registered Office: 1 Churchill Place, London E14 5HP. You guys need to check this. You are regulated by RBI AND SEBI in India. rgds jtd -- http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
