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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] 58 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

I work for a company which creates software for the government. Super exited for more OSS projects.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

the government.

The Swiss government? What's it like?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Yep, the swiss government. Complicated is probably the best word to describe it. We are a very decentralized country (which makes sense for a country that was founded as a coalition to fight the royals that oppressed its people, none of those partners want someone to rule them) so every canton (state) does a lot of things differently than the other ones. But it is nice to see that after years of neglect they try to actually push digitalization by establishing common standards and systems.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Can somebody explain me Proton in detail? 😉

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

I would love to but the explanation is private.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It is something that is not Electron

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

100% accurate!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

It's nice, although a bit cheesy ;)