[Gllug] Dutch parliament mandates open source
Chris Bell
chrisbell at overview.demon.co.uk
Fri Dec 14 20:12:33 UTC 2007
On Fri 14 Dec, Rob Crowther wrote:
>
> "The Dutch parliament has approved a plan that will mandate the use of
> open standards and open source within government organisations. An "open
> source police" and an open source hotline will enforce compliance with
> the new rules."[1]
>
> Though from reading the article, it seems to be more about ODF and
> standards, the open source stuff seems to have already been a
> requirement for government projects. What do you think are the chances
> of the UK government introducing similar legislation?
>
> Rob
>
> [1]
> http://www.computerworlduk.com/toolbox/open-source/open-source-business/news/index.cfm
> ?newsid=6677
The government advisor is Bill Gayes.
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