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[+] -9 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

so any other country should get free access to all the software the UK tax payer invested in?

nah. I don’t think so.

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  • [–] 11 points 9 months ago

    And the UK taxpayer might save money by using open source projects funded by other municipality in different countries. This is already the standard for some EU projects.

    Could some countries 'freeload'? Sure. But what's the actual cost for that? The people in those places getting better software, while the original users are no worse off?

    Could also help with less wealthy countries having access to software they couldn't otherwise afford to develop.

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