Το βουλγαρικό Κοινοβούλιο κατάφερε να περάσει τρεις τροπολογίες στο νόμο Ηλεκτρονικής Διακυβέρνησης, που απαιτούν όλο το λογισμικό που γράφεται για την κυβέρνηση να είναι (Open Source) open κώδικα και ανεπτυγμένο σε δημόσιο αποθετήριο (public repository). 
The Article 58a of the law states that the administrative authorities should include the following requirements in tender procedures for the supply of software:
"When the subject of the contract includes the development of computer programs, the proletterτα ηλεκτρονικών υπολογιστών θα πρέπει να πληρούν τα κριτήρια για το λογισμικό ανοιχτού κώδικα (Open Source). Όλα τα δικαιώματα πνευματικής ιδιοκτησίας και συγγενικών δικαιωμάτων των σχετικών προγραμμάτων ηλεκτρονικών υπολογιστών, τον πηγαίο κώδικα τους, το σχεδιασμό των διεπαφών, και τις fundamentals data that is the subject of the order should be fully available, without restrictions on use, modification and distribution. The deployment should be in a repository maintained by the organization in accordance with Article 7c, paragraph 18.”
Bozhidar Bozhanov, an adviser to Bulgaria's Deputy Prime Minister, has published on the government blog that this means:
"Whatever custom software is supplied by the government will be visible and accessible to all. It is something that is acquired with money paid by taxpayers and they should also be able to benefit from it. ”
Open Source is a smart approach and many countries will have to follow, for more reasons than putting software to their citizens.
For a start, the movement opening the software, definitely allows increased better safety. Software experts can search for bugs and vulnerabilities in open source software and report them to governments – or even directly submit their own patches.
Open Source software can also be modified for different government needs, depending on its use by different departments, without incurring huge costs, as is usually the case with our well-known Microsoft.
In addition, governments choosing open source tools do not remain dependent on a single software vendor (see Microsoft Again).
Because the software will be available to the general public, they will be able to switch suppliers at any time for the best service or the lowest cost for maintenance and support.
France, Norway, Brazil and the USA use open source tools to varying degrees. We hope that other countries will learn about Bulgaria's move in the coming years.
