This document outlines a draft open source policy for Malaysia, including defining open source, its benefits, and reasons for its slow adoption in Malaysia. It proposes establishing a steering committee to guide policy formulation and deliverables, and sets out a working structure and roadmap to promote wider use of open source technologies in the country.

1. DRAFT CONFIDENTIAL
OPEN SOURCE
POLICY
for MALAYSIA
Shahril Saad
14 April 2004
© 2004 Secretariat, National Open Source Policy, MIMOS Berhad

2. CONTENTS
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Background
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About Open Source
– Definition
– Benefits of Open Source
– Why Open Source Take­up is Slow in Malaysia
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Aproach and Delivarables
– Aproach and focus in Policy Formulation
– Delivarables
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Working Structure
– Working Structure
– Steering Committee : Composition and Terms of Reference
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Roadmap
© 2004 Secretariat, National Open Source Policy, MIMOS Berhad