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[–] VeganCheesecake@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

See my reply to the other comment.

I really do believe that the most sensible way to formalise it is just requiring publically funded code to be open source. Requires less complexity than co-op, and works out the same if enough countries opt-in.

See this as an example:

https://github.com/Governikus/AusweisApp/

https://commission.europa.eu/about/departments-and-executive-agencies/digital-services/open-source-strategy-history/european-union-public-licence_en