<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Mar 26, 2016 at 12:18 PM, David Rysdam <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:david@rysdam.org" target="_blank">david@rysdam.org</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class="">&quot;Greg Rundlett (freephile)&quot; &lt;<a href="mailto:greg@freephile.com">greg@freephile.com</a>&gt; writes:<br>
&gt; If the government actually goes through with &#39;open sourcing&#39; their work,<br>
&gt; it&#39;s actually a giant corporate handout because companies will have greater<br>
&gt; access to publicly funded works that they can then incorporate into<br>
&gt; proprietary works.<br>
<br>
</span>By that argument, roads are a &quot;giant corporate handout&quot; because shipping<br>
and schools are a &quot;giant corporate handout&quot; because they teach useful<br>
skills.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Software is completely different than roads or schools.  But you already know that.  So I don&#39;t know why you&#39;re making this argument.</div></div><br class="">Greg Rundlett<div><a href="https://equality-tech.com/" target="_blank">https://eQuality-Tech.com</a></div><div><a href="https://freephile.org/" target="_blank">https://freephile.org</a></div></div></div>