🇨🇠How does a country turn open source technology into a national strategy?
At #MatrixConf2025, npub1zfgxnupwum9zzaw0pzkqlgdej5tz4kalzsjffayp049gq6y9dneqt5ahj9 (npub1zfg…ahj9) shared Switzerland’s journey towards recognising open source software as a key enabler of digital sovereignty.
The Matrix.org Foundation (npub1m9z…whzq) is highlighted as a driving example — also used at the Swiss Institute of Public Sector Transformation — while projects like Zentrum Digitale Souveränität (npub1u0l…wvvv)’s openDesk (including Element as the chat component) are being trialled in Switzerland’s public administration.
https://youtu.be/Q7BMA9M2K6Y?si=Goj2PcoUa7ArNQDs
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