"....the current official U.S. DoD policy[1]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Use_of_Free_and_Open_Source_Software_%28FOSS%29_in_the_U.S._Department_of_Defense#cite_note-stenbit-0>of treating FOSS and proprietary software <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proprietary_software> as equals." does that make any sense? On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 11:37 PM, sooraj kenoth <soorajkenoth@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > do any body know what is our govt(india) policy, especially in defence > towards free software? > > > http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/deptts/cis/IT-circulars/Purch_software.pdf > http://www.infoworld.com/t/applications/india-plans-free-software-all-727 > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Use_of_Free_and_Open_Source_Software_(FOSS)_in_the_U.S._Department_of_Defense<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Use_of_Free_and_Open_Source_Software_%28FOSS%29_in_the_U.S._Department_of_Defense> > -- Sajjad Anwar http://geohackers.in http://fsugcalicut.org geohackers.in@xxxxxxxxx +91 9995 19 13 12