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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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[–] xilona@lemmy.ml -4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

And still I wonder why almost all public institutions use Micro$oft & Co...

Nothing to see here, Same BS, Laws that do nothing, See GDPR,

[–] themurphy@lemmy.ml 16 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

You think GDPR does nothing?

Then you are not really qualified for the conversation until you read up on that.

[–] xilona@lemmy.ml -1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

🙂 The world is full of qualified professionals nowadays mate! You are one of them for sure!

[–] themurphy@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 months ago

I work closely with GDPR because of my job.

There's a big difference in privacy and choice that people have today compared to just 10 years ago.

It even worked to get porn taken down of a person who didn't want it there.