I think that this would be great, since source code auditing would provide insight into anti-consumer additions like malicious backdoors, hidden spyware capabilities, unintended vulnerabilities, etc. However, this could be very bad if this passes and then escalates to mandatory source code modification at the request of a sovereign state. As always, there are possible pros and cons to this approach.

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    India proposes requiring smartphone makers to share source code with the government

    Before anyone gets their hopes up that India is pushing for open source software.