Bulgaria now allows only open source software for governance
The Bulgarian Parliament has passed amendments to its Electronic Governance Act which require all software written for the government to be open source and developed in a public repository. Article 58a of the Act states that administrative authorities must include the following requirements in its tenders for procuring software: When the subject of the contract includes the development of computer programs, computer programs must meet the criteria for open-source software;
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