dc.contributor.author | King’oina, Janet Maranga | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-02-19T06:57:29Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2012 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Masters of science in computer science | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/10177 | |
dc.description.abstract | Open source software (OSS) is a viable alternative for proprietary software (PS), particularly in the government
sector globally for reasons such as lowering software costs, growing local software development industry, and
bridging the digital divide. On the other hand CC licensed open content is also very useful and can be effectively
used to supplement the content the government has in various thematic areas. However the Kenyan government has
not harnessed the benefits that these afford. This research sought to realize the current status of OSS and CC
licensed content usage in the Kenyan government by surveying top level ICT management in the e-government
directorate, ICT staff as well as availability and skill of OSS software developers and willingness of content creators
to share content appropriately licensed with an aim to proposing strategic interventions to enhance the adoption of
these in the Kenyan government. The U.S Department of Labor E-Government framework was adopted to inform
this research. The results indicate that OSS and CC licensed open content usage within the ministries is not yet
extensive and measures need to be put in place to enhance the utilization of these. Various challenges and obstacles
are hampering full OSS and CC licensed open content implementation and utilization within the ministries and
agencies. These can however be combated and OSS and CC licensed open content adopted once these strategies
have been adopted and implemented. | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | University of Nairobi | en |
dc.subject | Open Source Applications | en |
dc.subject | licensed | en |
dc.subject | Open Content | en |
dc.subject | Kenyan Government | en |
dc.title | Strategic Interventions to enhance adoption of Open Source Applications and Creative commons licensed Open Content in the Kenyan Government | en |
dc.type | Thesis | en |
local.publisher | School of Computing and Informatics | en |