For centuries, we had public infrastructure for texts (called "libraries").
Recently, this has been extended to data (called "repositories").

We need to extend that to some software, developed and maintained as a free public good.
Why? Because we need it for a functioning society.

Smart societies would sustainably fund some open source software as critical infrastructure.
For example, research grants could set aside 2 % of their budget to support the open-source software they rely on.

( @sovtechfund is a shining example 👏)
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