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

submitted 4 months 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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[–] jqubed@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago

I’m curious if this also applies to military or intelligence software. I’m guessing at the very least software embedded in weapons systems is not included. If I understood the article correctly there were some exemptions for security reasons.