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.
so any other country should get free access to all the software the UK tax payer invested in?
nah. I don’t think so.
Oh no! Somebody else might benefit from something you would’ve made anyway, at no additional cost to you! The horror!
We also get free development and contributions from others.
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.