Open Source R&D Tax Credit? · Slashdot Mirror

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Monday March 20, 2006 @10:16AM from the never-get-past-the-lobyists dept.

Dan writes "The Center for American Progress is proposing an R&D tax credit for open source development." From the article: "Subsidizing open source software development can also be justified on grounds of economic efficiency. Open source software development enhances the ability of other developers to create new products. It also enhances the development and dissemination of knowledge and ideas more broadly. Since the benefits to the broader software development community and the economy as a whole go well beyond the users of an individual software product, a policy that subsidizes open source development would increase economic efficiency."

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I dont know 'bout you guys by __aalnoi707 · 2006-03-20 10:42 · Score: 0, Troll

I think that this is a creat vicroty for the OpenSource commumnity. Encourageing OS development turns the heat up for the closed source developers (Microshaft). Giving them more incentive to develop means that we are going to see more companies giving up there source code and thus inceasing the quality of the product.