Guidance

Open Source guidance

Information about which code you should open and how to do it securely.

From:
Government Digital Service and Central Digital and Data Office
Published
27 September 2017

Documents

When code should be open or closed

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Security considerations when coding in the open

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Details

Releasing government code under Open Source licenses increases transparency, collaboration and encourages good practices.

皇冠体育app UK government made a commitment to making code open source by default at the Open Government Partnership Summit in Paris 2016.

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Published 27 September 2017

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