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EC study: open source an impo…
Open source software provides an easy and affordable way to improve existing public services. According to the EC report 'Analysis of the Value of New Generation of eGovernment Services and How Can the Public Sector Become an Agent of Innovation through ICT', it allows a single developer to incrementally build human services based on publicly available source code. Replicability (re-use) of these applications is high. Examples are FixMyStreet (originated in the UK, now used in countries all over the world, including Ireland, Sweden, Norway and France) and Patient Opinion (originated in the UK…
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