US sanctions force The Netherlands off Microsoft and toward alternative NixOS-based software ecosystem — trial programs running now, first release expected at end of 2027
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The U.S. imposed sanctions on the International Criminal Court, preventing it from using ubiquitous U.S.-based software.
  • CyberSeeker@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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    10 hours ago

    There is absolutely nothing preventing them from hiring a firm to develop a feature in FOSS. Hell, they can even keep it proprietary if they wanted to.

    • Hasnep@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      9 hours ago

      they can even keep it proprietary if they wanted to.

      Yes, with the caveat that it would have to be an internal piece of software, or if it’s a public facing tool then it would have to be under a non-copyleft licence. But yeah, for 99% of use cases they could have a proprietary fork.