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Switzerland mandates all software developed for the government be open sourced (calckey.world)
submitted 1 month ago by tek@calckey.world to c/technology@lemmy.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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#tech #libre

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[–] timewarp@lemmy.world 33 points 1 month ago (3 children)

And they'll prob make it illegal for you to bypass and hide developer options because to them that means you're hacking them.

[–] balder1991@lemmy.world 36 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Country: it’s illegal to have software development skills 🤡

[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 34 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Well, in the last few years there was that guy politicians labelled a criminal because he inspected a web page and disclosed multiple amateur vulnerabilities.