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So I tried (!) campaigning for a full OSS model (https://web.archive.org/web/20200920095030/http://oss4gov.org/manifesto https://web.archive.org/web/20200920095
by lifeisstillgood 2y ago
So I tried (!) campaigning for a full OSS model (https://web.archive.org/web/20200920095030/http://oss4gov.org/manifesto https://web.archive.org/web/20200920095030/http://oss4gov.or...) based on the idea that public money means public shoukd see what comes from the money.
To me the default for any government software should be OSS unless ministerially signed off.
But I was young and naive
- toomuchtodo 2y ago> But I was young and naive Just ahead of your time. Progress is both a grind and a marathon.
- input_sh 2y agoFSFE shares your opinion across the pond: https://publiccode.eu/en/ https://publiccode.eu/en/
- badgersnake 2y agoI don’t think that’s so controversial, neither does the UK government - https://www.gov.uk/service-manual/technology/making-source-code-open-and-reusable https://www.gov.uk/service-manual/technology/making-source-c...
- lifeisstillgood 2y agoThis was starting sometime in 2010, as gov.uk was gearing up IIRR, plus most people you talked to at the time in local government would just stare and not have a clue about open source. We have honestly come a very long way (I reckon we do a “generation” each decade - making me a third time around ) However - as always, we have not come Far enough
- calebh 2y agoI've worked at military contractor jobs for years, and there are many people there who believe this - if the taxpayer is paying and the software isn't classified, then it should be open source. Ghidra is a great example of this, and having this software be free has been of great benefit to the security community.