Comment on Google criticizes Europe's plan to adopt free software
HexesofVexes@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
For number 2, require that the people doing the open source work live and pay taxes in the EU. That way you’re keeping the money in the union, and you’re investing in local knowledge and skills.
As opposed to proprietary software where you’re basically handing dollars over to American companies (or to supposedly “Irish” companies that just so happen to be named almost identically to American companies, but somehow are magically based out of Ireland and don’t pay proper taxes anywhere).
For number 2, require that the people doing the open source work live and pay taxes in the EU.
I get what you’re saying but for larger projects that may not be viable.
Heck Mr Torvalds is an American living in the US (not that he’d need financial support) and not all muricans are dumbasses, just the majority.
So, don’t fund the larger projects. Fund the smaller ones, they’re the ones that probably need support anyhow.
Besides, I would bet that if you asked Mr. Torvalds, he’d have a list of kernel contributors who live in the EU and would love to be paid for their work.
3abas@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Open source will innovate so much faster if properly funded, without the shackles of copyright and companies holding advancements secret and not releasing innovations on purpose as long as they hold on edge on “competition”. Competition is only important because of proprietary capitalism, remove capitalism and directly reward the workers and innovation happens for innovation’s sake.
Can’t wait for this to be proven in practice, and to be able to apply that more widely to society. Godspeed Europe
Th3D3k0y@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
How can I compete, it isn’t like I can just look at your code and copy it into something better
3abas@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Exactly, copyright and priority technology means everyone that wants to innovate must first reinvent the wheel and waste enormous energy doing work that’s already been done.
Look at Google photos, since they killed Picasa and exclusively offered it as a proprietary SAAS, they completely stopped innovating for over a decade. Look at immich in comparison, it’s already a better offering and it has only been released as stable for less than a year.
hooferboof@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Phil salin wrote a hit peice on software patents, well said