For a long time I was pushing a campaign that every piece of software paid for with public funds should be made FOSS (unless national security etc). I struggle

For a long time I was pushing a campaign that every piece of software paid for with public funds should be made FOSS (unless national security etc). I struggle to work out why a post office point of sale should be vital to Britains security and we should have been able to see the code. On top of which I believe that making such code open means there will become a eco-system of ISPs who will be able to support, integrate and improve the software and provide local government users (ie postmasters) with worthwhile consultancy Under these circumstances it’s hard to see how this would have gone uncovered for so long. (Or rather, not uncovered, but unbelieved. The great tragedy of this affair is that us was known and reported on for years - but nothing happened. You know those films where the hero manages to get the proof to the newspaper / tv station and the film ends as the bad guys are bundled into police vans - yeah not so much.