Following China, India also obliges overseas manufacturers to disclose "source code", Brazil is also under consideration

It is the basis of digital home appliances and IT productsBeing a policy that the Chinese government forcibly discloses the software design drawing "source code" to each manufacturerWhen launched in 2009, there was a concern that "it could lead to leakage of national secrets" and eventuallyPrime Minister Aso of the time indicated the intention to talk to the director, etc.However, it became clear that India also obliged overseas manufacturers to disclose the source code following China.

Brazil is also under consideration.

Details are as below.
India, IT Confidential Disclosure Request ... Mandatory for Manufacturers: Economic News: Money / Economy: YOMIURI ONLINE (Yomiuri Shimbun)

According to the Yomiuri Shimbun news report, manufacturers such as Japan, the United States and Europe that the Government of India has delivered telecommunications equipment for mobile phones to the government, the design software of the equipment software, "confidential information source It is said that it was obliged to submit the code.

Regarding this case, the Government of India states that "security is the objective", but also said that they have issued a notice requesting technology transfer to domestic companies. It is said that the telecommunications industry in Japan, the United States and Europe has already rebounded and there is a possibility of developing into a trade problem, but Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, etc. Brazil is now also planning to introduce similar regulations I reveal it.

In addition, the source code that we introduced ahead of time in 2010 was originally said to be "an IT product procured by the government" which was regarded as "an IT product made abroad manufactured and sold in the home" Although it has been changed, there is no guarantee that the Chinese government, desiring to transfer technology, will not provide the source code of the disclosed IT products to companies in your country.

And about the high-speed railway produced by receiving technology from Siemens in Germany, JR East, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, and the new model developed based on that high-speed railwayEmbark on exports to overseas as "China's own development"In some countries, for example, there may be problems with intellectual property rights policy itself.

Background to the requirement for disclosure of source code by India and Brazil is that it is an inexpensive manufacturing base for overseas enterprises as well as China and that it is a shield that it is a huge market with many population As technology is a lifeline for any country, it seems that attention will be focused on future trends in every country.