> Anything custom made for the gov MUST BE FOSS as money is from the people, so people MUST own it. I tend to think the same way/hold the same ideologies, but

> Anything custom made for the gov MUST BE FOSS as money is from the people, so people MUST own it. I tend to think the same way/hold the same ideologies, but is this really "true"? Something like, say, a tank is also produced by money from the people, but it's quite a stretch to demand that the people own it. Why is software different?