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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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#tech #libre

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I'll gladly upload my stuff into some repo they allow me to. I've inquired about it in the past - I wrote a piece of sw that fills a requirement hole left by a widely used SCADA tool - but they outright forbid it. That was about a year ago.

My point is less about open source and more about how they have no clue how to handle their IP even now. It's a nice gesture at best (at least currently. Maybe there's more on the way).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Who is "they" in your statement?

If it's the company who is contracted by the government, it seems obvious (to me) that the requirements to make it open source provides the push to make it public.

If it's the government, then I don't understand your point.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

the Swiss government, namely ASTRA.