WOS 3 / Program / Panels / Free Software / Free Software in the Public Sector
Opening Speeches Opening Keynote Free Software Free Software in the Public Sector Free Software Economics Free Software & Quality Management Free Video Software Free Privacy Enhancing Technologies Open Archives I. Emulators Beyond the Unix Paradigm? Free Content CC I. Launch of Creative Commons Germany CC II. Creative Commons Summit Wikipedia and Friends Free Science I. Publishing Free Science II. Funding and Activism Art as Anticopright Activism Open Archives II. Games Globalization of Free Knowledge Cultures Globalization I. Globalization II. Internet Freedom goes East I. Internet Freedom goes East II. WSIS: Globalization of Civil Society Free Infrastructures Keynote on Peer-to-Peer Free Standards Free Wireless Networks Free Search Engines Copyrights Alternative Compensation Systems The Future of the Digital Commons Free Software in the Public Sector Thursday, 10 June 2004, 20:00, Track 1 Since the German Bundestag decided to switch its servers to Linux to find a way out of the Microsoft monopoly trap in 2002, many other government and public administration bodies have considered Open Source as an alternative to their current computer systems. Last year, Munich's move away from Redmond on the clients and servers spurred the debate once again. But there were also technical problems reported about the Bavarian turnaround. In this session we will hear from our speakers if Free Software is a viable solution for "Open Governments", whether it raises the degree of freedom and transparency in bureaucracies, and what benefits it can bring to administrations all around the world who are working on a tight budget. We will also be discussing which standards are needed for e-government. Mod: Stefan Krempl journalist, author, and media researcher, Berlin Mark Bressers Program Manager, Open Standards and Open Source Software (OSOSS), ICTU Open Source eGovernment Center, Den Haag Open Standards and Open Source Software in government (OSOSS) In 2003 the programme Open Standards and Open Source Software in government (OSOSS) was launched. Financed by the Ministry of Interior Kingdom Relations and the ministry of Economic Affairs, the programme's goal is to stimulate governments to use open standards in all their IT systems and to consider open source software as an credible alternative for closed source solutions. Mark Bressers, programme manager, will explain how the Dutch agencies deal with open source software, by showing some real life examples. Furthermore, Mark will discuss the way the programme OSOSS supports governments. For instance by developing guidelines and adviseries.OSOSS also puts a lot of energy in studying the legal aspects (liability, licenses, property rights) of open source software. Because these can be a major showstopper for administrations using free and open source software. Jens Muehlhaus Member of the Bündnis 90/Die Grünen faction, municipal council, Munich Federico Heinz Co-Founder of the Vía Libre Foundation, member of SADIO Argentine Association of Informatics, member of Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR), Córdoba, Argentina Veni Markovski Chairman of the Board, Internet Society Bulgaria (ISOC) & Bulgarian Country Coordinator for the Global Internet Policy Initiative (GIPI), Sofia Discussion

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