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If politicians' attitudes towards Open Source software affects the way you'll vote in tomorrow's Federal election, you may be interested in the results of a survey of the major parties carried out by Open Source Industry Australia.
The trouble is, there's not much to pick between them on this score: all of the major parties are strong supporters of Open Source software, according to a statement released by OSIA.
The Australian Democrats, the Australian Labor Party, the Greens and the Liberal-National Coalition all gave favourable replies to OSIA's questions, but some seemed warmer than others.
For example, the Greens' policy is to encourage government use of Open Source software, and the Democrats previously introduced legislation requiring government departments to consider Open Source during the procurement process. Labor policy is that government tenders should not discriminate against open source, while the Coalition settles for "informed neutrality".
Similarly, the Democrats and the Greens support the use of open data formats for the exchange of information between government agencies and citizens and businesses. Labor would merely seek to encourage their use, and while the Coalition "does encourage the use of open standards for data interoperability between Government agencies" its reply did not mention their use for communicating with the rest of the community.
A tabulated version of the parties' responses to OSIA's questions is available from the OSIA web site.
"Open Source software delivers excellent value-for-money in government procurement and is an essential building block for Australia's future ICT industry," said OSIA director Arjen Lentz. "We therefore commend all the major parties for their support of Open Source software and the Open Source software industry and the role they will play in Australia's future."
David Bass
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