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Re:The failed economics of our software commons and what to ... by paulhauggis on Monday December 08, 2014 @06:21PM (#8719906)
I disagree with this. There are only a handful of OSS projects that are acceptable and I don't trust anyone in government to make a decision on which ones to fund with my tax dollars.

If you need funding for a project, go commercial or have a commercial counterpart. The market will decide which ones get funded and which ones don't.

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Re:The failed economics of our software commons and what to ... by poulson on Monday December 08, 2014 @10:53PM (#8720923)
Academic research is funded through taxpayer money, and, as an academic, I can assure you that much of it has a much lower impact than many open source projects.
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