Linux vendor Red Hat has welcomed the release of the government's open-source software guide, but said Australia was up to three years behind countries aggressively adopting OSS.
Federal politicians should dump their policy of procurement neutrality and actively encourage agencies to adopt open source software, OSS supporters claim.
Open Source Victoria, a government-funded software body, published a briefing paper on Tuesday designed to demystify some of the legal issues surrounding copyrights and patents in the software industry.
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