The government has announced open source policy which is applicable to all > Government organizations under the Central Governments and those State > Governments. > > Key highlights of government’s open source policy include: > > – All future Requests for Proposals (RFPs) of eGovernance projects shall > include a mandatory clause for considering Open Source Software (OSS) as a > preferred option in comparison to Closed Source Software (CSS). Suppliers > shall provide justification for exclusion of OSS in their response. > - Government Organizations shall ensure compliance with this requirement > and decide by comparing both OSS and CSS options with respect to > capability, strategic control, scalability,security, life time costs and > support requirements. > > – GoI shall establish suitable support mechanism for the available OSS > that includes Institutional Mechanism, Partnership with Industry, Academia > and OSS Community. > Dear All,
I afraid, the clause-7 (Exception) may can easily mis-used by organizations influenced by $MS like preparatory software companies. Clause 7 :Exception - "However, in certain specialised domains where OSS solutions meeting essential functional requirements may not be available or in case of urgent / strategic need to deploy CSS based solutions or lack of expertise (skill set) in identified technologies, the concerned Government Organization may consider exceptions, with sufficient justification." And I doubt, are we really lacking expertise and skillset, to identify the right Open-Source alternatives and implement it ? > You can download it from - > > > http://deity.gov.in/sites/upload_files/dit/files/policy_on_adoption_of_oss.pdf > > -- > Siji Sunny > > -- Siji Sunny -- http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
