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IOSN Releases Primer on Free/Open Source Software and Government

by admin — last modified 2006-08-08 03:24 PM

IOSN has produced a primer on Free/Open Source Software and Government and a pre-publication copy of the primer is now available for download for review and feedback.

This primer is meant to serve as a resource for nations in the process of formulating their FOSS policies. This particular primer surveys the motivations of other countries in implementing FOSS, summarizes the steps involved in formulating a policy, lists some possible strategies to use in implementing the policy and finally touches on cross-sectoral issues unique to FOSS policies. Its target audience are the policy-makers who set national policies and their advisers.

Public Domain

Posted by Matthew Strait at 2004-07-23 01:34 AM
On page 7, you say "In reality, all FOSS applications are acknowledged property of and copyrighted by their respective authors." Yes this is not the case. Sourceforge lists 1491 projects that are in the Public Domain, which mean that their authors do _not_ hold a copyright on them. Some of these projects are quite popular, such as Bittorrent.

Broken links

Posted by khairil at 2004-07-23 05:08 AM
The links to the above documents, have now been updated to point to the correct documents. Apologies for any confusion caused.

Reported by Matthew (quadong at users.sf.net)
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