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minus-squarehitwright@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·12 hours agoOpen source should be funded by the tax-payers, or all code should be forcibly open-source (something like AGPL) Any other models feels like they would create perverse incentives Also recurring donations feels like a better way than one-time tips
minus-squareKatana314@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·11 hours agoI’m sure many people could point to hundreds of dangers around open-source programs relying on government funding. Yet, I can’t argue that it seems to be a necessity.
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·8 hours agoI mean, look what happened with TCP/IP. A fucking disaster for humanity on a global scale
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·9 hours agoAll of them? Maybe an international consortium that pays devs in their home currency.
Open source should be funded by the tax-payers, or all code should be forcibly open-source (something like AGPL)
Any other models feels like they would create perverse incentives
Also recurring donations feels like a better way than one-time tips
I’m sure many people could point to hundreds of dangers around open-source programs relying on government funding. Yet, I can’t argue that it seems to be a necessity.
I mean, look what happened with TCP/IP.
A fucking disaster for humanity on a global scale
By which country?
Saudi Arabia.
All of them? Maybe an international consortium that pays devs in their home currency.