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Should Public Funds Mean Public Code?

Posted by timothy on from the commonweal dept.

Lisa points to this article on oreillynet with "two opposing viewpoints on whether all software created by publicly funded research should be licensed as open source, and the chance to weigh in yourself." Open-source software (under whatever license) seems to me like a good way to multiply the investment of tax dollars that public funding relies on, but the counterarguments offered here are interesting.

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  1. Yeah, but what I want is... by eabell · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Yeah, yeah, open source software, that's all well and go.

    But I know that my share of the tax money is going to pay for fighter jets, not software. I'd like to take one out for a spin next weekend. They are, after all, purchased with my tax dollars.

    So where do I sign up?