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[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Where I worked, many of the contacts specifically said we could not use open source software, so no, it is not always available.

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[–] RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Why did the contracts specify that?

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[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.ca 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

A lot of government stuff requires that they have complete provenance of all code in the system. When you have people contributing to it from different places - potentially different countries - they get nervous about it.

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[–] RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

You'd think they'd also be worried about most proprietary software being a black box when it comes to their code. But it could be only a secondary concern

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[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

We were restricted even on some proprietary software (especially if it was from a foreign owned company), but you'd be surprised how much scrutiny some of the major packages have had.

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