Please help to write the Government's paper "Open Source Options for
Government": http://etherpad.fsfe.org/zaKDgMacMd
This paper will be used in the UK public sector to:
a. Inform the design of new IT solutions
b. Suggest opportunities for IT service or solution refreshes
c. Challenge a proposed solution that does not use open source technology
The Home Office has asked FSFE to contribute our expertise. Here we a
have an opportunity to add compelling evidence for Free Software
applications which could influence future UK public sector procurement
decisions. In short, the better this paper is, the more likely it is
that public money could be spent on using Free rather than proprietary
software.
FSFE's UK team has already done preliminary work on version 0.1 of the
document, but more is needed, particularly details of real world
deployments of applications which are already listed, and also Free
Software alternatives to dominant proprietary systems in particular
fields (medical record management, for example).
Its authors at the home office have unfortunately chosen to use Google
Docs as the drafting platform, and I don't want to encourage people to
register with Google in order to make their contributions. Therefore I
have created an FSFE hosted etherpad to collect your input at the
address above.<http://etherpad.fsfe.org/zaKDgMacMd>
I will later submit the contributions that are made on the etherpad to
Tariq Rashid (Lead Architect at the Home Office) so that he can add them
to the Google Document.
Kind regards,
Sam.
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Sam Tuke
British Team Coordinator
Free Software Foundation Europe
IM :samtuke@jabber.fsfe.org
Contact the British team:uk@fsfeurope.org
Hi all,
https://www.accessnow.org/page/s/g8-protect-the-net
While this isn't strictly FS, I thought this may be of interest to people on
the list.
"the French government has locked civil society out of these conversations,
while inviting CEOs -- some of whom paid $100,000 for their seat at the
table -- who are pushing policies like strict intellectual property
enforcement, which will line corporate pockets while curtailing our digital
rights."
Probably worth signing the petition.
Thanks,
Chris