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[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Why did the contracts specify that?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 22 hours ago (1 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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 hours ago

In an ideal world where people read the open source yes. But having contracts with a provider means someone else is responsible if shit fails and that’s half of the corporate world there.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 22 hours 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.