News for hackers. Stuff that matters.
Re:Why Open Source Misses the Point of Free Software (2016) by marknadal on Monday June 04, 2018 @09:36PM (#17234277)
I literally accidentally read your lines as:

""" Use taxes to pay the authors...

then make it free for the public...

This is even better under Stalin's model: """

It took me about 5 to 7 seconds of rereading before I finally saw "Stallman's model".

So I have to grant to you, you are probably right, if and only if you can find a perfectly fair and just agent to do the taxing and not become corrupt. Have any volunteers?

Re:Why Open Source Misses the Point of Free Software (2016) by zAy0LfpBZLC8mAC on Monday June 04, 2018 @09:42PM (#17234310)
Perfection is not a prerequisite for being beneficial.