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This sounds good as a soundbite, but how? Knowing how federal bidding works in general I can't imagine the funds being used constructively, it would end up as s
by R0b0t1 6y ago
This sounds good as a soundbite, but how? Knowing how federal bidding works in general I can't imagine the funds being used constructively, it would end up as some kind of popularity contest.
- dTal 6y agoIs that any different than any other "government funds X" proposal? If this is a consistent problem, then government is just plain broken. Which is of course a problem, but an orthogonal one to software funding specifically.
- johnmaguire2013 6y agoThe article mentions three ideas for how: > All three of these levers for FOSS—direct funding, procurement regulation, and tax incentives—should be included in the next infrastructure bill.
- ebiester 6y agoYou could run it like NSF grants. https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_list.jsp?org=nsf&ord=rcnt https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_list.jsp?org=nsf&ord=rcnt Put 10 million a year for 5 years as an experiment. It takes an extra administrator and some part time experts in the field who are compensated for the work.
- sitkack 6y agoOr SBIR for OSS? https://www.sbir.gov/ https://www.sbir.gov/
- robertlagrant 6y agoMoney will likely to go those who employ people who are good at writing convincing grant applications. 'Twas ever thus.
- sidlls 6y agoFOSS is already to some extent a popularity contest.