Last update: 23/08/2021
"We disrupted how re-use was done"
Italy’s law favouring open source software in public procurement and sharing of code is generally considered to be a good example of primary law. Yet, the law is also thought to have had little real-life effect. To address this, the Italian government adopted guidelines in May 2019 to help with the implementation. Two years later, it’s “slowly but firmly going in the right direction”, says Leonardo Favario, Open Source Project Leader at the Italian Department for the Digital Transformation. Italy’s “Codice dell’Amministrazione Digitale” (CAD) was enacted in 2005 and a preference for open…
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