Licensing the Code of Democracy: Open-Source Use in Indian Public Projects

“Code is law” in the context of the present governance, the phrase depicts the importance of the software and how the government performs its duties, exercises control and builds trust. With the increase in digitalisation, the Indian government has also moved towards E-governance and has adopted open-source software (OSS) as a strategic policy choice. OSS enables users to use, modify, and redistribute software with minimal or no cost, under specified license terms. All these traits make OSS...