Re:Why Free Software Is More Important Now Than Ever Before
by abalone on Sunday September 29, 2013 @04:38PM
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> What you're asking for is that everyone be forced to contribute to projects that you approve of
That already happens. Such projects include the Internet, microprocessors, airplanes, voice recognition, robots, lasers, satellite view, highways, engines, the assembly line method of production, and many, many more. Except of course it's not projects I approve, it's projects the government approves.
The question is not whether the government should be funding things -- that's already the case.
The question is how much control should investors have over their investments. And in the case of our high tech economy, taxpayers are the biggest investors.
That already happens. Such projects include the Internet, microprocessors, airplanes, voice recognition, robots, lasers, satellite view, highways, engines, the assembly line method of production, and many, many more. Except of course it's not projects I approve, it's projects the government approves.
The question is not whether the government should be funding things -- that's already the case.
The question is how much control should investors have over their investments. And in the case of our high tech economy, taxpayers are the biggest investors.