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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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[–] nerdschleife@lemm.ee 107 points 4 months ago (4 children)

Meanwhile my country's apps don't let you open them if you have Developer Options enabled on android :)

[–] timewarp@lemmy.world 33 points 4 months ago (1 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 37 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

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

[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 35 points 4 months 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.

[–] Kushan@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago

That's fucking hilarious

[–] FierySpectre@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

Same here, sure there's hacks and workarounds that don't require root... But still why the extra step...

I just want my window animation speed to be faster, why does that disqualify me from reading stuff sent to my government mailbox.

[–] GregorTacTac@lemm.ee 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Which country?