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I would not. Science funding is pretty terrible, decided by politicians or groups the politicians choose who suit their interests. I would suggest something mo
by akvadrako 5y ago
I would not. Science funding is pretty terrible, decided by politicians or groups the politicians choose who suit their interests.
I would suggest something more distributed, like giving each citizen €100 a month they can allocate to FOSS.
- Leherenn 5y agoYour average citizen probably doesn't know what open source is, let alone could name one project. So most likely most people would not give anything because they don't know/care, and a few marketable projects (like VLC) would get most of the rest, way more than they need.
- sokoloff 5y agoThat would pivot a lot of those merch and drop-shipping hawkers on YouTube to “here’s how to make your own FOSS library and collect your friends’ €100!” We’d get a lot more of “things that qualify for the €100”, but it’s not clear that we’d get a lot more useful FOSS.
- goodpoint 5y agoNot all science is taxed directly by governents based on politician's whims. FOSS could be funded by global (non-national) consortium
- rs999gti 5y agoNormal people don't care about FOSS or even know what it is. They would probably use that 100 on food or fuel.