India Adopts Comprehensive Open Source Policy

An anonymous reader writes: The Government of India (GOI) has adopted a comprehensive and supportive open source policy that builds on earlier efforts to adopt open standards for procurement. As we've seen in other regions, the adoption of such policies often brings out concerns from some quarters who want to spread 'fear and doubt' about the policy. Red Hat Vice President of Global Public Policy and Government Affairs Mark Bohannon looks at the implications of the policy, as well as how it will fit into India's broader economic development strategy.

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Open source site blocking.

[sims 2]

They should also only use open source software to block websites about open source software and dissenters.

One step forward three steps back.

Re:Open source site blocking.

[sims 2]

After you mentioned it I checked they rolled back the scale of it but it was not repealed.
Its easier to quietly add stuff to it later since its already in place.

Otherwise there is really not much I can disagree with there but Idaho did declare that unconstitutional although that does leave many other sates intact.

Did you know certain screwdrivers are illegal here in the us?
Its true the epa would rather your chainsaw smoke like a freight train than be adjusted buy an untrained/unlicensed mechanic.

I could deal with that part of the epa regs being repealed.

Its about like saying someone is not qualified to operate a lightswitch.

Although we apparently are too stupid to correctly operate lighters or gas cans thats why the govt fixed them for us.

Why our elections always devlove into tweedledee vs tweedledumb I don't really know but the 2000 election was BS.

Re:Open Sauce ?

[ISoldat53]

I wonder if they checked with Redmond before they did this?

Re:Open Sauce ?

[RabidReindeer]

Oh, I don't know. I'm sure that Tata or Wipro or somebody can come in and claim that they have 100,000 people ready to go to work with full certs in PostgreSQL and MySQL and 20 years experience each at Indian labor rates plus baksheesh. Then what they don't pay in bribes, they'd be paying in taxes.

Nah, never mind. Unlike US corporations, the Indian government probably isn't that gullible.

Re:Do you mean stealing it ?

[Zontar The Mindless]

Dear Sir|Ma'am|Flipper,

You're using "steal" in a context where it doesn't really seem to apply. What exactly do you mean by "steal"? Are you implying that the Indian government intends to use FOSS software without respecting the license? What evidence have you in support of this?

Thanks!