Switzerland goes all-in on open source!

Switzerland pioneers a decision mandating all government software be released as open source: enhancing transparency and security.w

Public money, public code 🚀

#OpenSource #DigitalSovereignty #GovernmentTech @fsfe

https://www.zdnet.com/article/switzerland-now-requires-all-government-software-to-be-open-source/

Switzerland federal government requires releasing its software as open source

The United States remains reluctant to work with open source, but European countries are bolder.

^{Steven Vaughan-Nichols (ZDNET)}

If you like the #fediverse, as we do,, and you think our public administrations that are in other social media networks should be present also here, check out our Swiss local group initiative:
https://fedigov.eu/

#SoftwareFreedom #digitalsovereignty

"The German government has launched a new Open Source software project called openDesk, which aims to reduce the country’s dependency on proprietary software vendors and support transparency and interoperability.

openDesk is a collection of #OpenSource software modules that are important for day-to-day work in the public sector, such as text creation, file collaboration, project management, email, calendar and messaging."

#FOSS #government #overheid #DigitalSovereignty

https://opensource.net/governments-adopt-open-source-sovereignty/

Governments turn to Open Source for sovereignty - OpenSource.net

The German government is developing a digital workplace platform called openDesk, to reduce dependency on proprietary software vendors and support transparency and interoperability.

^{Corinna Günther (OpenSource.net)}