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minus-squarehitwright@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·6 hours agoOpen source should be funded by the tax-payers, or all code should be forcibly open-source (something like AGPL) Any other models feels like they would create perverse incentives Also recurring donations feels like a better way than one-time tips
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 hours agoAll of them? Maybe an international consortium that pays devs in their home currency.
minus-squareKatana314@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 hours agoI’m sure many people could point to hundreds of dangers around open-source programs relying on government funding. Yet, I can’t argue that it seems to be a necessity.
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 hours agoI mean, look what happened with TCP/IP. A fucking disaster for humanity on a global scale
Open source should be funded by the tax-payers, or all code should be forcibly open-source (something like AGPL)
Any other models feels like they would create perverse incentives
Also recurring donations feels like a better way than one-time tips
By which country?
Saudi Arabia.
All of them? Maybe an international consortium that pays devs in their home currency.
I’m sure many people could point to hundreds of dangers around open-source programs relying on government funding. Yet, I can’t argue that it seems to be a necessity.
I mean, look what happened with TCP/IP.
A fucking disaster for humanity on a global scale