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There was a talk about this at this years FOSDEM [0] Regarding the "Several European countries are betting on open-source software for their technology. In the
by bauruine 2y ago
There was a talk about this at this years FOSDEM [0]
Regarding the "Several European countries are betting on open-source software for their technology. In the United States, eh, not so much." I thought software developed by the US govt is public domain? At least that's how I remember sqlite got it's license because it was developed for the US Navy.
[0] https://fosdem.org/2024/schedule/event/fosdem-2024-3401-the-new-swiss-open-source-law-public-money-public-code-by-default/ https://fosdem.org/2024/schedule/event/fosdem-2024-3401-the-...
- ohples 2y agoAh yes. Except most software the US Government uses was developed by contractors .