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While i agree in principal, IMHO it is rather nonsensical to demand this in general.
Having worked for universities in the past, i recall plenty of software of no value at all to anbody else (neither for use nor study). And i don't think anybody in their right mind would be willing to publish software today that was closed to the public until yesterday.
And let's not forget the overhead involved: Simply throwing code out into the wild usually doesn't help anybody; Preparing a software-package for publication and distribution is work too.
Still, i am certain there's more than enough interesting stuff that actually could and should be published.
@fsfe
Espionage is also done with public money, so
@fsfe I agree! Using free and open source software is also the fiscally responsible move.
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