Require open source licensing on all software contract work
Government should require a GPL or BSD -like license on all custom software purchased from contractors. This would first help avoid vendor lock-in. Later on, governments would only need to purchase enhancements or changes on existing software packages, instead of starting from scratch.
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Declaration on Public Services 2.0 »Declaration on Public Services 2.0
Procurement »Procurement
Require open source licensing on all software contract work
Depend on open source community to build government applications »Depend on open source community to build government applications
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