I advocate Citizen Owned Software. Taxpayers must own all the software (and stack) that they fund (pay) to develop. Back when I wrote software for hospitals, w

I advocate Citizen Owned Software. Taxpayers must own all the software (and stack) that they fund (pay) to develop. Back when I wrote software for hospitals, we had to put our entire stack into an escrow. So that if we disappeared, or the relationship ended for whatever reason, our clients weren't left high and dry. Software and stack in escrow should be the norm. Further, that software should be FOSS. I'm totally fine with orgs (govt, NGOs, not-for-profits) buying COTS. Provided that any and all customizations are citizen-owned.