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Like I said to axod, the NSF can serve as a model. It deals with many of the issues you raised.
by JesseAldridge 17y ago
Like I said to axod, the NSF can serve as a model. It deals with many of the issues you raised.
- davidw 17y agoExcept that tons of open source is produced by a few people working on their own, rather than as part of some big institution like a university. Like Clojure, for example... Also: my wife is a scientist, and I have come to realize that programming is a way more open, "stand on the shoulders of giants" field than theirs is in many ways.
- JesseAldridge 17y agoAgain, like I said to axod: "What I would really like to see is something like a cross between the NSF and YCombinator." Have a few experts decide which projects to fund. Give people 50 to 100K a year to cover their living expenses. Anything they produce goes under a commercial friendly license like BSD. Everybody wins. Does open source not facilitate the sharing of ideas? Would this not make it easier to stand on the shoulders of giants?