Talk:Adoption of free and open-source software by public institutions

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Editors may wish to take a look at this bill in New York City - http://www.benkallos.com/legislation/introduction-366-2014-free-and-open-source-software-act 198.102.62.250 (talk) 00:16, 4 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Why is the article in German much longer and shows many more institutions?

That is an astute observation. Perhaps Wikipedia editors who understand German can take up the challenge and translate portions of the German-language article. Objectivesea (talk) 01:31, 19 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

IMHO needs to be linked from there https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/collection/open-source-observatory-osor MarmotteiNoZ 02:56, 14 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Not all of these sources are up to date but they are all on the topic. I am dropping them here to give a starting point to orient article development.

• Hahn, Robert W. (December 31, 2002). Government Policy toward Open Source Software. Brookings Institution. ISBN 9780815717058.</ref>
• O’Connor, Alexis; Ong, Kian Win; Sander, Ted; Ferlo, Matt (2004). "Government Policies on Open Source" (PDF). washington.edu. University of Washington.
• Linksvayer, Mike (9 November 2022). "The changing nature of governmental policies around open source". The GitHub Blog. GitHub.
• Center for Strategic and International Studies (February 2023). "Government Open Source Software Policies". www.csis.org. Center for Strategic and International Studies.
• California Department of General Services (May 2018). "OPEN SOURCE AND CODE REUSE POLICY REQUIREMENTS". www.dgs.ca.gov. California Department of General Services.
• Center for Strategic and International Studies (July 2008). "Government Open Source Policies" (PDF). Center for Strategic and International Studies.
• Williams, Matt (26 July 2010). "Open Source Policies in San Francisco and California Take Different Paths". GovTech.

Bluerasberry (talk) 20:27, 5 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]