Re:If Software Is Funded from a Public Source, Its Code Shou...
by pathseeker on Monday February 04, 2019 @02:23PM
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>2. Stoplights/traffic control cameras.
If you think this should be open source, do you then carry that logic to demand that all government vehicles run on open source software as well?
In my local community, the government does not own the traffic control cameras. They contract out agreements to maintain cameras at intersections that meet constraints.
I'm not necessarily against the idea of the government being restricted to using 100% open source hardware, but that's super radically different than "software the government owns should be open source".
If you think this should be open source, do you then carry that logic to demand that all government vehicles run on open source software as well?
In my local community, the government does not own the traffic control cameras. They contract out agreements to maintain cameras at intersections that meet constraints.
I'm not necessarily against the idea of the government being restricted to using 100% open source hardware, but that's super radically different than "software the government owns should be open source".