Mike Gifford, CPWA @FOSDEM@mgifford@mastodon.social
Great post by Dries https://dri.es/funding-open-source-like-public-infrastructure
It is high time that #OpenSource is recognized for what it is, critical digital infrastructure!
I was happy to be able to contribute a small amount to this post.
ekes@ekes@drupal.community
@mgifford@mastodon.social I fear that comes up against the buffers of present party politics.
Even situations like LocaGov Drupal that wouldn't exist witout Central Government funding. After they want it to "stand on it's own feet'.
Present political drift seems to be investment payments might be ok, but 'subsidy' (ongoing payments) bad. What is defined as (essential) infrastructure that needs subsidy is getting wittled away all the time.