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RE: https://mstdn.social/@swheritage/116272142405742756 "France and Germany are moving beyond the “altruism” of the early open-source movement, reframing it as a matter of national autonomy. Stéphanie Schaer, The Interministerial Directorate for Digital Affairs in France (DINUM), highlighted Tchap—a secure messaging app used by 400,000 civil servants—as proof that the state can break its dependency on “monopolistic IT solutions” by investing in the digital commons." #OpenSource #SWH10