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Turkey got few steps further: Almost all ready made software recently become practically illegal to obtain in government tenders in Turkey due to "usability gu
by anticensor 7y ago
Turkey got few steps further:
Almost all ready made software recently become practically illegal to obtain in government tenders in Turkey due to "usability guarantee" requirement. Exact article translated (from the presidential administrative decree):
All software and hardware contractors working for
Turkish government shall provide a guarantee stating
said soft/hard-ware does not contain backdoors and/or
features unfit for intended use, as far as possible.
Servers for goverment services are also required to be in Turkey, even if it is not possible to set up one in situ in the respective institution. This goes so far to require all data processor to have their own or peered IXPs situated in Turkey.
- pkaye 7y agoSo what do they use? Linux with LibreOffice?
- chipperyman573 7y agoI think both of those explicitly denounce any expectation of a fitness for any particular purpose in their licence, so if anything they'll be going backwards (according to their metric)
- anticensor 7y agoThis applies going forward, not retroactively (Turkish constitution prohibits retroactive laws, except for pardoning or release of criminals). There is an "as far as possible" clause grandfathering former procurements and enabling the administration to make a case-by-case exemption.
- majewsky 7y agoSure, but that's just the license. If an ISV makes a support contract with them, they can include the necessary clauses in that contract.
- anticensor 7y agoUsability and fitness can only be guaranteed by original author. Others can only test and report it.