alt Hacker NewsMaybe some countries could pay stipend to software developers who do that? I mean, this open source software enables other companies to produce cheaper software and to earn more money and they pay taxes from that money, so tiny bit of these taxes could also be redistributed back to some independent developers.
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Havoc • today at 7:39 AM
Well the article does list Germany so some countries do it seems.
bob1029 • today at 7:56 AM
What are the absolute bare minimum qualifications for this stipend?
What would prevent abuse of this kind of program?
thefz • today at 7:57 AM
> Maybe some countries could pay stipend to software developers who do that?
Why should the public make up for private savings? Hey billionaire x does not like to spend for his software, let's all raise some funds so he does not have to.
Then I am going to have to complain that the trillion dollar tech firms contribute no taxes while middle class joes pay a stipend to the people who built the software that they depend on to be trillion dollar companies