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Switzerland mandates all software developed for the government be open sourced

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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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John Richard@lemmy.world
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And they’ll prob make it illegal for you to bypass and hide developer options because to them that means you’re hacking them.

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Balder@lemmy.world
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Country: it’s illegal to have software development skills 🤡

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WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world
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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.

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