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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:You can download it from -– 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.
http://deity.gov.in/sites/upload_files/dit/files/policy_on_adoption_of_oss.pdf
--Siji Sunny