NHS code clampdown draws open source backlash
Plus a petition for the UK Civil Service to go FOSS by default
Negative reactions are mounting against the UK National Health Service'splan to back away from open source – and you can add your voice.
On Monday, The Register reported that the management at theNHStold its tech leadership to wall off the organization'sFOSS repositories due to concerns about new LLM bug-huntingtools finding security vulnerabilities.
If you will pardon a Douglas Adams quotation, this has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.
One of the first reactions that The Reg FOSS desk receivedwas from the Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE), which sent it to usboth by email and direct message. The FSFE says NHS Englandshould not hide public code behind closed doors, and we feel that ithas a good point.
If you agree, there's an open letter to which you can...
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