NHS England made its public code repositories private by default, despite warnings from the #FreeSoftware community, including the @fsfe

UK Digital Service has now published guidance making clear that hiding publicly funded code reduces scrutiny, reuse, and trust.
gov.uk/guidance/ai-open-code-a…

#NHS should reverse course and implement "Public Money? Public Code!”. Others must not copy this mistake.

#PublicCode #FreeSoftware #FOSS

AI, open code and vulnerability risk in the public sector

Guidance for safely publishing source code in the open, and reducing the risk of AI-accelerated vulnerability discovery.

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