Policy not person: Exploring Limits and frontiers of FOSS Policy Making
summary
India’s FOSS policies date back to Kerala in 2001 but implementation gaps persist: ICFOSS is spending less than half its allocated budget, central procurement rules from 2012/2015 are nominally mandatory yet include wide carve-outs, and key projects like Arogya Setu do not meet the Four Freedoms. Fragmented institutions (NIC, NRFFOSS, NeGD) and a procurement portal where GEM lacks technical vendor disclosures block adoption. Proposals include an implementation audit, a single central office for FOSS, federal capacity building, measuring economic value, and tax credits for contributions.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:33Kerala’s FOSS policy journey
- 3:40Central government FOSS policies
- 5:46Institutional capacity failures
- 7:10FOSS policy reform recommendations
- 10:01U.S. FOSS policy lessons
- 12:52Tax incentives for DPGs
- 13:14Q&A
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