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The EU has been funding the development of open source software through grants for many years now.

• interfixus 8y ago
  Yes, I know. And?
  • Jonnax 8y ago
    What you said hasn't happened.
    • interfixus 8y ago
      Silly me. What hasn't happened, never will happen. Sorry. No governing body will ever threaten software freedom.
      • vertex-four 8y ago
        No, but you’ve got to have an argument for why this particular round of funding is somehow different from the others which haven’t led to what you suggest so far - what is it? Or is there some general argument for why the EU funding open source software will lead to our demise? Does this round mark a specific point in the journey to free software being made illegal? “Governments funding open source software is bad because reasons” isn’t really a useful post on Hacker News.
• conanthe 8y ago
  The EU funds nothing, it is the tax-payer.
  • interfixus 8y ago
    Careful! Any EU criticism, scepticism, or disdain, however soft and tentatively phrased, will unleash an army of downvoters in these hallowed halls.
    • Jonnax 8y ago
      Tax payers fund all governing bodies. What's the criticism?
      • johnisgood 8y ago
        I think one could ask such questions: "have you tried not funding what you don't even know about?" or "have you tried not paying your taxes?"
        • dullgiulio 8y ago
          Like not funding scientific research and going to prison for tax evasion. Both have been tried, believe me.
          • johnisgood 8y ago
            Haha, if only. :)