Keynote: EMBAG - The New Swiss Open Source Law and Its Implementation
summary
Swiss federal law EMBAG requires government-written software to be released under open source licenses from January 2024 unless third‑party rights or security reasons apply, and agencies must justify exceptions. Government code like the COVID certificate on GitHub is already reused internationally; 14 federal organizations host repos and Swiss Topo raised ~$300k via public‑sector crowdfunding to fund map tooling. Procurement clauses reference EMBAG Article 9 and award 2% for open‑source experience; guidelines and publishing tools are rolling out.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Introduction
- 2:50Open source in Switzerland
- 9:50Legal uncertainty early projects
- 13:44Legal battles reform efforts
- 18:18Parliamentary compromise law
- 20:09Key elements of EMBAG
- 22:34Implementation impacts
- 24:42Future outlook call to action
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