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Open Source Infrastructure must be a publicly funded service. - Matrix.org (matrix.org)

submitted 7 months ago by lemmyreader@lemmy.ml to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

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[–] demesisx@infosec.pub 92 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Music to my ears. Tax money should go to open source projects.

[–] Lemongrab@lemmy.one 96 points 7 months ago (2 children)

And all tax funded tech should be open source.

[–] demesisx@infosec.pub 25 points 7 months ago

Yes!

[–] slacktoid@lemmy.ml 12 points 7 months ago

This should also include tech used on and on the behalf of tax payers.

[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 21 points 7 months ago

Public Money, Public Code

[–] lemmyingly@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Who's tax money?

[–] demesisx@infosec.pub 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Any first world nation.

[–] lemmyingly@lemm.ee 0 points 7 months ago

Sounds good in principle but realistically i can't see it happening because there will be disputes about how much each state contributes, government politics will be brought into it, and I guess they'll be expectations of some form of ownership and exclusions. Sounds like a nightmare and a hindrance for a project.