[vox] [FWD: State of CA endorses Open Source Software]

Fri Jan 29 21:11:17 PST 2010

Thanks Brian. :)  Hooray!

On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 12:10 PM, Brian Lavender <brian at brie.com> wrote:

> I thought there would be a reply. Like, horay, or something like that.
>
> On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 09:08:23AM -0800, Brian Lavender wrote:
> > I thought Vox would also be interested in this.
> >
> >
> http://www.cio.ca.gov/Government/IT_Policy/pdf/IT_Policy_Letter_10-01_Open_Source_Software.pdf
> >
> > brian
> >
> > ----- Forwarded message from Brian Lavender <brian at brie.com> -----
> >
> > Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 23:32:51 -0800
> > From: Brian Lavender <brian at brie.com>
> > Subject: Re: [Lug-nuts] State of CA endorses Open Source Software
> > To: General SacLUG discussing <lug-nuts at saclug.org>
> > Reply-To: General SacLUG discussing <lug-nuts at saclug.org>
> >
> > Hmm, how about if I attach the text? I don't know if a PDF will go
> > through on the mailing list.
> >
> >
> > OFFICE OF THE STATE CIO
> >
> > NUMBER:
> >
> > IT POLICY LETTER
> > SUBJECT:
> >
> > ITPL 10-01
> > DATE ISSUED:
> >
> > OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE POLICY
> >
> > January 7, 2010
> > EXPIRES:
> >
> > Until Rescinded
> > REFERENCES: ISSUING AGENCY: OFFICE OF THE STATE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER
> >
> > Government Code Section 11545 State Administrative Manual Sections
> > 4819.2. 4846, 4846.1, 5310, and 5345.1 Statewide Information Management
> > Manual Section 120
> >
> > DISTRIBUTION
> >
> > Agency 1 Secretaries Department Directors Agency Chief Information
> > Officers Department Chief Information Officers The purpose of this
> > Information Technology Policy Letter (ITPL) is to: â
> >
> > €¢ Formally establish the use of Open Source Software (OSS) in California
> > state government as an acceptable practice;
> >
> > â€¢ Add the OSS definition to the State Administrative Manual (SAM)
> > Section 4819.2;
> >
> > â€¢ Remind organizations of the existing SAM Sections pertaining to
> > software management and security; and
> >
> > â€¢ Announce changes to the Software Management Plan Guidelines [Section
> > 120 of the Statewide Information Management Manual (SIMM)].
> >
> > Within the authority of Government Code Section 11545, the Office
> > of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) has responsibility and authority
> > for the establishment and enforcement of state Information Technology
> > (IT) in California State Government. This includes establishing and
> > enforcing state IT strategic plans, policies, standards and enterprise
> > architecture. This policy provides guidance on the use of Open Source
> > Software (OSS) and will be augmented in the future to address topics
> > of licensing,
> >
> > PURPOSE
> >
> > BACKGROUND
> >
> > 1
> >
> > When capitalized, the term â€œAgencyâ€  refers to one of the stateâ€™s
> > super Agencies such as the State and Consumer Services Agency or the
> > Health and Human Services Agency. When used in lower case, the term
> > â€œagencyâ€  refers to any office department, board, bureau, commission
> > or other organizational entity within state government. Within this ITPL,
> > â€œagencyâ€  and â€œdepartmentâ€  are used interchangeably.
> >
> > Page 1
> >
> > procurement, and copyright.
> >
> > POLICY The OCIO permits the use of OSS. Consistent with other software,
> > use of OSS is subject to the software management licensing and security
> > practices included in the SAM, Sections 4846, 4846.1, 5310â€“Item 2 and
> > Item 5 Subsection (f), and 5345.1.
> >
> > Agencies and departments are required to develop and maintain a
> > Software Management Plan as described in the SAM Section 4846.1, and
> > are reminded to include OSS in their plans as appropriate. Guidelines
> > to assist organizations with the development of a Software Management
> > Plan are available in Section 120 of the SIMM. These guidelines have
> > been updated to include the use of OSS and to reflect changes in the
> > state IT organizational structure.
> >
> > Use of the SIMM Section 120 Guidelines is not mandatory;
> > however, agencies are encouraged to utilize the Guidelines
> > for assistance or guidance. SIMM Section 120 is located at
> > http://www.cio.ca.gov/Government/IT_Policy/SIMM.html. Changes to SIMM
> > Section 120 are identified on Attachment A.
> >
> > DEFINITION
> >
> > The definition of OSS has been added to Section 4819.2 of the SAM. OSS
> > is defined as 2 Software that includes distribution terms that comply
> > with the following criteria provided by the Open Source Initiative:
> >
> > 1. Free Redistribution: The software can be given as part of a package
> > with other applications;
> >
> > 2. Source Code: The code must either be distributed with the software
> > or easily accessible;
> >
> > 3. Derived Works: The code can be altered and distributed by the new
> > author under the same license conditions as the product on which it
> > is based;
> >
> > 4. Integrity of the author's source code: Derived works must not
> interfere
> > with the original author's intent or work;
> >
> > 5. No discrimination against persons or groups;
> >
> > 6. No discrimination against fields of endeavor: Distributed software
> > cannot be restricted in who can use it based on their intent;
> >
> > 7. Distribution of license: The rights of the program must apply to all
> to
> > whom the program is re-distributed without need for an additional
> license;
> >
> > 8. License must not be specific to a product; Meaning that an operating
> > system product cannot be restricted to be free only if used with another
> > specific product;
> >
> > 9. License must not contaminate other software; and
> >
> > 10. License must be technology-neutral.
> >
> > 2
> >
> > The open source definition used here is from the Open Source Initiative
> > and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 License
> > (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/)
> >
> > Page 2
> >
> > CONTACT
> >
> > Questions regarding this policy should be directed to Lee Mosbrucker,
> > Acting Enterprise Architect at (916) 403-9624, or by e-mail at
> > Lee.Mosbrucker at state.ca.gov. /s/ ___________________________________
> > Teri Takai, Chief Information Officer State of California
> >
> > SIGNATURE
> >
> > Page 3
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 03:13:28PM -0800, Christopher Schlacta wrote:
> > > that page 403'd for me, cna you attach a copy of it for us ?
> > > On Jan 28, 2010, at 14:14 , Brian Lavender wrote:
> > >
> > > > California has an expliciti policy on using Open Source Software. How
> > > > about that?
> > > >
> > > > Apparently, this is old news.
> > > >
> http://www.cio.ca.gov/Government/IT_Policy/pdf/IT_Policy_Letter_10-01_Open_Source_Software.pdf
> > > >
> > > > brian
> > > > --
> > > > Brian Lavender
> > > > http://www.brie.com/brian/
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> >
> > ----- End forwarded message -----
> >
> > --
> > Brian Lavender
> > http://www.brie.com/brian/
> >
> > "About 3 million computers get sold every year in China, but people don't
> > pay for the software. Someday they will, though. As long as they are
> going
> > to steal it, we want them to steal ours. They'll get sort of addicted,
> and
> > then we'll somehow figure out how to collect sometime in the next
> decade."
> >
> > -- Bill Gates (Microsoft) 1998
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> --
> Brian Lavender
> http://www.brie.com/brian/
>
> "About 3 million computers get sold every year in China, but people don't
> pay for the software. Someday they will, though. As long as they are going
> to steal it, we want them to steal ours. They'll get sort of addicted, and
> then we'll somehow figure out how to collect sometime in the next decade."
>
> -- Bill Gates (Microsoft) 1998
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