"OpenUK, which is a non-profit organisation representing the UK's open technology sector, was contracted by UKRI to provide the guidance, covering both how the UK public sector releases and curates open source software and how public sector bodies can use and support open source software. OpenUK said the work requires understanding of how community development and curation takes place, how to encourage maintainers and contributors to manage projects long term, and how to procure open source software."
"The State of digital government review published in January covers a few examples of successful UK public sector open source projects. One of these is Slough Borough Council, which is using funding from Defra to plant a Digital Urban Forest. This involves installing environmental sensors among newly planted trees across 31 urban sites. The sensors will enhance environmental policy outcomes by measuring local environmental health, contributing to an open source environmental research database, and providing educational opportunities for local schools."
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has begun a collaboration with OpenUK to provide open source guidance for the public sector. The guidance will cover how public bodies release and curate open source software and how they can use and support such software. The work requires understanding community development, long-term maintainer and contributor encouragement, and procurement of open source software. Examples of public sector open source projects include Slough Borough Council’s Digital Urban Forest and the Ministry of Justice’s Splink tool, which links a million records a minute and has global adopters. OpenUK research shows the UK leads Europe in open source and that open source contributed 27% of the UK’s digital gross value added.
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