On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 11:39 AM, Srini Ramakrishnan wrote: > If I understood Ashok's question right, he is looking for Governments > that have contributed back to Open Source, not just borrowed from it.
Exactly...thats what i am looking for. > There may be a few examples, however I don't know of any significant > effort in this direction. Perhaps it's because Governments in general > are used to taking rather than giving. There really isn't a culture of > feeling accountable for what's been taken, whether it's my taxes or > Open Source software. > > I'd be interested in knowing why you are on this quest. > The organization i work for is involved in providing a suite of open source applications for parliaments. At some point there is a requirement for the government departments to take ownership of these application, and customize it as they see, and then make avaliable such customizations for use by other parliaments. I was hoping to find some similar examples, and use that as part of an educational case study for the parliaments.
