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by red_trumpet 869 days ago
I dunno, all of them? Which governments mandate open source software when calling for bids?
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(I wasn't trying to make a point.) As far as I know, that's what the initiatives like PMPC¹ are for. I think in Switzerland, a law recently passed that seems to go in that direction² (Open Source should by default but some leniency as far as I can interpret the text). According to this³ OSOR report, something similar happened in Italy in 2019. So, I think we're slowly going in that direction in Europe.

¹: https://download.fsfe.org/campaigns/pmpc/PMPC-Modernising-wi...

²: https://www.admin.ch/gov/fr/accueil/documentation/communique...

³: https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/inline-files...

I do not think it should be mandated. But it should be promoted