New Open Source law in Switzerland
joinup.ec.europa.eu
Switzerland has enacted the "Federal Law on the Use of Electronic Means for the Fulfilment of Governmental Tasks" (EMBAG), establishing a mandatory requirement for open source software within public sector bodies.
  • refalo@programming.dev
    1·
    4 months ago

    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.

      • BB_C@programming.dev
        1·
        4 months ago

        As predicted, none of you got what I was referring to. Although simply doing the search would have got you there.

        The EMBAG law stipulates that all public bodies must disclose the source code of software developed by or for them, unless precluded by third-party rights or security concerns.

        Also as predicted, this escape hatchet exists for skipping compliance.