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.
I mean realistically what did you expect? I don’t think we’ll see a law mandating open source for everything in any country. That would effectively lay open the complete inner workings of all agencies including any intelligence services etc, no?
I think calling it useless is detrimental for the effort since FOSS experts call it a huge step forward and it’s certainly better to have this than not have it because it’s „not perfect“.
I mean realistically what did you expect? I don’t think we’ll see a law mandating open source for everything in any country. That would effectively lay open the complete inner workings of all agencies including any intelligence services etc, no?
I think calling it useless is detrimental for the effort since FOSS experts call it a huge step forward and it’s certainly better to have this than not have it because it’s „not perfect“.