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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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nerdschleife@lemm.ee
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Meanwhile my country’s apps don’t let you open them if you have Developer Options enabled on android :)

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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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Kushan@lemmy.world
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That’s fucking hilarious

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FierySpectre@lemmy.world
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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.

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GregorTacTac@lemm.ee
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Which country?

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nerdschleife@lemm.ee
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India

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