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Switzerland mandates all software developed for the government be open sourced (joinup.ec.europa.eu)
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[–] refalo@programming.dev 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Does "for the government" also include software used by the government?

I would assume a very large portion of software used by the government was not developed explicitly for it.

[–] ballmerpeaking@programming.dev 6 points 2 years ago

Most likely only "for". Still, a great step in the right direction.