Is there a bright future for open software projects?

[Courageous]

>Open source is a tremendous opportunity from didactic point of view. Most
>educational programs address only "toy" problems, small projects with few
>people for a short time (months). Real world problems involve 100+ manyears
>of software, which introduces many other concerns than the "toy" problems.
>By realizing functionality in an open source environment you can confront
>students with this 100+ manyear world. Results which are "good enough" could
>flow back to the open source environment.

I agree with this. I am extreme in my beliefs. For example, it is normal and
routine for government to allow contractors to keep rights to software that
they produce on the public dollar. I view this as a betrayal of the public
trust. What they people pay for should belong to the people.

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