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A proposal for an open source tax creditA proposal for an open source tax creditPosted Mar 19, 2006 15:16 UTC (Sun) by richo123 (guest, #24309)Parent article: A proposal for an open source tax credit
Another solution is to use a structure like the National Science Foundation (NSF).
Open Source is philosophically very similar to the scientific research model:
Cooperative sharing and critical review of code/theories leads to advance. Scientific knowledge/Open source code remains a permanent community asset.
NSF asks for proposals to do scientific research in specific areas identified as important to US national interest (this is rather broadly interpreted). These proposals are then very critically peer reviewed through a reviewer/panel system and around 30% of proposals are funded.
This would work for open source as well I believe. Naturally M$ would claim that they can provide the same service free of cost for the taxpayer but of course we all know what the real price of a monopoly and license fees are....
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