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Up to this point nations have shown no interest in funding open source software and that's likely to continue. (This is despite the fact that Linux fuffills the
by whatshisface 2y ago
Up to this point nations have shown no interest in funding open source software and that's likely to continue. (This is despite the fact that Linux fuffills the public benefit argument for science funding better than most research.)
- Retric 2y agoGovernments have minimal incentives to fund things that are working without their funding.
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- fsflover 2y agoIt depends on your definition of "working".
- hdjjhhvvhga 2y agoThe EU has been funding open source for years, and Germany just started their own funding program, currently in the pilot phase: https://www.sovereigntechfund.de/ https://www.sovereigntechfund.de/
- pjmlp 2y agoI recently discovered that the SuSE based distribution used by some libraries on NRW a decade ago, is now Windows running in kiosk mode instead.
- kayo_20211030 2y agoI have no doubt that governments will fund the planning and implementation of exploits, polluting OSS libraries and systems, when it's in their interest to do so. Possibly over the long-term, using a combination of social engineering and code itself.