STOP SHIFT TOWARDS CLOSED SOURCE PROPRIETARY SOFTWARE IN E-GOVERNANCE AND EDUCATION, AND DECLARE A PRO-FOSS POLICY

This petition was published by A MANI on Nov 23, 2011

We demand that the Government:

1. Declare and implement a FOSS policy at least along the lines of the policy adopted in Kerala and certainly beyond the minimal policy lines in the Central Govt policy.

2. Try to understand the concept of 'vendor neutrality and open standards' and follow it in all dealings. All e-Governance projects should be built on top of open platform following open standards .None of taxpayer's money should be spent in buying software licenses and bringing vendor lock-ins and a host of evils in public services.

3. Revive bodies like WB-IOTA (that have not been witnessing much activity since the formation of the present Govt) and also form similar bodies for overseeing the adoption of FOSS in all spheres of activity.

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