The Linux Society

Here is a link to the Digistan (Digital Standards Organisation) Hague
Declaration to the U.K. government on free and open standards, if
anyone is interested.

http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/digistan/

More details from petition creator

We call on the UK government to:

(1) Procure only information technology that implements free and open standards;

(2) Deliver e-government services based exclusively on free and open standards;

(3) Use only free and open digital standards in their own activities.

as adopted and proclaimed by the founders of the Digital Standards Organization in The Hague on 21 May 2008.