Citation[]
Office of the State CIO, Open Source Software Policy (ITPL 10-01) (Jan. 7, 2010) (full-text).
Overview[]
The purpose of this Information Technology Policy Letter (ITPL) is to:
- Formally establish the use of Open Source Software (OSS) in California state government as an acceptable practice;
- Add the OSS definition to the State Administrative Manual (SAM) Section 4819.2;
- Remind organizations of the existing SAM Sections pertaining to software management and security; and
- Announce changes to the Software Management Plan Guidelines [Section 120 of the Statewide Information Management Manual (SIMM).