Panel Discussion Strategic Value of FOSS
summary
Claims that 60–70% of the tech stack in Indian startups, enterprises and e‑government uses FOSS and that India is the third largest GitHub community set the stage for concrete examples: UPI, NPCI, account aggregators, GST and some 30–40 active digital public infrastructures (DPIs). Panelists describe DPI code reuse, cases of open washing, regulatory shocks from RBI and the DPDP Act, and a push to mobilize the FOSS community for audits, transparency and scalable implementation rather than purely cost cutting.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00FOSS strategic value in India
- 2:56Technologists and public policy
- 10:26Engineers shaping policy
- 20:17Digital Public Infrastructure principles
- 33:05FOSS and government projects
- 44:06Privacy in open government systems
- 50:44Community-driven inclusive infrastructure
- 55:08Call to action for FOSS
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