Gregory's ServerIs software truly free, or at least independent, if it can't survive without state or corporate support?
Just thinking aloud ... not sure of the answer yet.
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 I think this is a good analysis. There will be categories of software which gov doesn't want to kick-start. The German gov, a influential power in the EU, would not want software that helps journalists and human rights groups hold Israel to account for its war crimes and genocide - for example. Hungary, currently a member of the EU, may discourage investment in software that helps support or protect people from some monitory groups. Italy - refugee safety, eg I also remember the intense lobbying of governments by Microsoft about 15 years ago over open document standards.... @rzeta0 @fsfe @EUCommission are people mixing the concept of free beer with the price of making the free beer? |
@rzeta0 @fsfe @EUCommission I think it is less about maintaining than igniting innovation.
As soon, e.g. Mastodon, becomes big enough to have its own network effect and sufficient (individual) backers it's easier to continue.
But starting from the ground up? It takes years before that might happen, and in the end it might just fail because of lack of resources.
That's what this programme, in my eyes, is for: pushing and jump starting promising projects, so they might surpass their threshold.