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Re:FOSS devs are burning out, quitting, and even sabotaging ... by akvadrako on Sunday March 20, 2022 @07:48AM (#30741877)
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.

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Re:FOSS devs are burning out, quitting, and even sabotaging ... by sokoloff on Sunday March 20, 2022 @10:03AM (#30742668)
That 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.

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Re:FOSS devs are burning out, quitting, and even sabotaging ... by Leherenn on Sunday March 20, 2022 @08:13AM (#30742009)
Your 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.

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Re:FOSS devs are burning out, quitting, and even sabotaging ... by goodpoint on Sunday March 20, 2022 @03:34PM (#30745827)
Not all science is taxed directly by governents based on politician's whims.

FOSS could be funded by global (non-national) consortium

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Re:FOSS devs are burning out, quitting, and even sabotaging ... by rs999gti on Sunday March 20, 2022 @04:21PM (#30746227)
Normal people don't care about FOSS or even know what it is.

They would probably use that 100 on food or fuel.

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