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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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[-] maxinstuff@lemmy.world -2 points 4 months ago

This doesn’t seem like a big deal?

The fact the code is open sourced is much less significant than the fact now the Swiss government will need to negotiate complete ownership of any software they commission.

That’s going to make things more expensive for them, and limit the vendors prepared to work with them.

Their systems, their call 🤷‍♂️

[-] uis@lemm.ee 2 points 4 months ago

the fact now the Swiss government will need to negotiate complete ownership of any software they commission.

I can't find it

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[-] xilona@lemmy.ml -4 points 4 months ago

And still I wonder why almost all public institutions use Micro$oft & Co...

Nothing to see here, Same BS, Laws that do nothing, See GDPR,

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