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Switzerland mandates all software developed for the government be open sourced (calckey.world)
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Switzerland mandates all software developed for the government be open sourced

Switzerland mandates software source code disclosure for public sector: A legal milestone

https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/collection/open-source-observatory-osor/news/new-open-source-law-switzerland

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[-] n3m37h@sh.itjust.works 15 points 4 months ago

Wwwaiiiiiittt... So does this mean OS too? Is an entire country switching to the dark side? Linux, I mean Linux

[-] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 16 points 4 months ago

"Windows wasn't developed for the Swiss government, it was developed for the general public and we adopted it off the shelf."

[-] n3m37h@sh.itjust.works 8 points 4 months ago

Found the Swiss, can't even take a joke¡

[-] chemicalwonka@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 4 months ago

the right side

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