“the french government’s free and open source software advisory council weighs in ...

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2024-10-11 07:55:15

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“the french government’s free and open source software advisory council weighs in on the value of direct EU funding of free software producers via @NGIZero and related NGI programs.”

Up until now, free software has been treated as a massive source of free labor big industry, and use that code to rake in tremendous profits, especially when selling to governments for multi-million dollar contracts. Now governments are finally starting to realize that maybe they should also be setting aside tax funding to ensure the health and longevity of these software components that are so essential to the technical infrastructure upon which society is built. Maybe now the software engineers that make these technologies possible will finally start receiving proper compensation for their labor.

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