> Now the government both has the power and incentive to hinder private companies with rules and regulations. What incentive? In the scenario you describe, I d

> Now the government both has the power and incentive to hinder private companies with rules and regulations. What incentive? In the scenario you describe, I don't see an obvious mechanism for the government to receive additional tax revenue as a result of funding OSS, and that's the usual mechanism for such an incentive. I mean, I guess you could argue that tax revenues will tend to increase as the economy grows, but that seems like a case where the interests of the government are aligned with the interests of the nation(s) as a whole, which is generally considered a good thing.