Re: Elections and FLOSS

There has been a semi-extensive discussion re FLOSS & ICT-policies in 
general on the NZOSS list, not just the points raised by Labour or the 
Greens (but talking from a personal bias, I'm very encouraged by the 
cooperation between Ms.Curran & Mr.Hughes)

- J

On 11/11/8 0:55 , Alexander Taler wrote:
> Hi everyone, I was surprised to discover FLOSS appearing in
> Labour's election platform.  The Greens mention it too, but I
> couldn't find any reference on the National website.  Anyone have
> any knowledge where they stand on the matter?
>
> Labour's discussion was pretty lengthy, including these two
> highlights:
>
>      Require that when the government pays for software to be created,
>      it will be owned by the government, and will be shared within
>      government and with the public using an open source license.
>
>      Require agencies considering new technology purchases over $2
>      million to first evaluate whether existing publicly available
>      technology substantially meets their business requirements,
>      and the cost of changing their processes to adapt to the
>      existing technology.
>
> http://blog.labour.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/ICT-policy.pdf
>
>
> The Greens were much briefer:
>
>      Free, Open Source software is a great way of making
>      technology available to as many New Zealanders as possible,
>      and helps us to help ourselves, rather than being stuck with
>      what huge multinationals have to offer.
>
> http://www.greens.org.nz/ict
>

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