It is clear that the private sector is always going to take more from open source than it will ever give back. Instead of trying to convince individuals or comp

It is clear that the private sector is always going to take more from open source than it will ever give back. Instead of trying to convince individuals or companies to donate to open source, or trying to get open source developers to come up business plans, can we just step back and admit that open source is a huge benefit for society? It allows us to reuse and build upon strong foundations. In my opinion, it is time for our governments to look into funding open source directly. Governments should have an organization that helps promote open source, incentivizes missing open source projects to be built, and gives out grants to developers for continued work on building and maintaining open source projects.