On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 8:11 PM, pavithran s <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 12 November 2010 17:39, Venkatesh Hariharan <[email protected]> wrote: > > The open standards policy has been finalized and it incorporates many of > the > > suggestions made by the FOSS community in India. > > Thanks it was a huge effort , congrats:) > > just curious will this affect the UID issue ? Also am curious on when > all these policies will get implemented? > > Regards, > Pavithran > -- > http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers > This is intended for all government to government, and government to citizens projects. A committee is now evaluating various standards against the mandatory and desirable criteria set out in this policy. Once the standards for each area have been identified, these will be notified and will have to be followed by e-gov projects. My understanding is that these will also be a part of the RFPs. In other words, the standards will be built into the specifications for the project from inception. Over the last three years, we worked with our friends in government, academic, civil society, the FOSS community and the media to push the Indian government in favor of a policy that mandates a single, royalty-free standard. Some of us are very visible because we write/scream about this issue, therefore I'd like to thank some of the unsung heroes who made this happen -- the folks within govt and academia who put in tremendous amount of work behind the scenes to make this policy a reality. Venky -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
