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A FOSS Governance Manifesto

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When putting in place a dedicated function to carry out FOSS governance at BT we found it useful to create a manifesto, that positioned the team and it's activities within the context of the wider organisation and existing functions.

The manifesto text is below as a template, and as can be seen it is very brief. The intention here was not to specify policy or process Etc, nor to go into any of the operational details. But instead to simply outline the basic operating principles.

FOSS Governance Team Manifesto

The team exists to facilitate the effective adoption of FOSS technology and principles across <company>. It provides a service to anyone within <company> who requires guidance in connection with FOSS matters, and draws upon a knowledge base that takes into account:

BT joins FOSSBazaar

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BT announced on the 24th July 2008 that it had joined FOSSBazaar as a strategic partner. And it was really great to see this announced as the engagement is something I’d been working on for a while with colleagues at BT. Obviously before we commit resource to such an activity there has to be sponsorship from the business, due diligence carried out and general consensus that it is a good thing to do. Now that this has been done we can scope in more detail how we will contribute, and following which the real work can start!