I literally accidentally read your lines as: """ Use taxes to pay the authors... then make it free for the public... This is even better under Stalin's model

I literally accidentally read your lines as: """ Use taxes to pay the authors... then make it free for the public... This is even better under Stalin's model: """ It took me about 5 to 7 seconds of rereading before I finally saw "Stallman's model". So I have to grant to you, you are probably right, if and only if you can find a perfectly fair and just agent to do the taxing and not become corrupt. Have any volunteers?