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If I was the software developer forced into this I'd just raise my price knowing I can no longer sell it elsewhere, IF I even agreed to it. That's going to hurt tax payers. It's a catchy title but just doesn't take more than a moments thought to see how it's going to backfire.
If I was the software developer forced into this I'd just raise my price knowing I can no longer sell it elsewhere, IF I even agreed to it. That's going to hurt tax payers. It's a catchy title but just doesn't take more than a moments thought to see how it's going to backfire.
What do you mean? If you are a software developer working for a state or city you expect to sell the software you develop for them and collect the money yourself?
What is my incentive to develop any software at all for public sector, since potential client no. 2 will just take the code that I released?
The ask does not state employed by... it just says:
“Implement legislation requiring that publicly financed software developed for the public sector be made publicly available under a Free and Open Source Software licence.”
I would be fine with
“Implement legislation requiring that publicly financed software developed by employees of public sector, for the public sector be made publicly available under a Free and Open Source Software licence.”
Earlier quoted context omitted.
What do you mean? If you are a software developer working for a state or city you expect to sell the software you develop for them and collect the money yourself?
Good point, I was only thinking about outside contractors.
If you want to sell it then develop it on your own.
If I was the software developer forced into this I'd just raise my price knowing I can no longer sell it elsewhere, IF I even agreed to it. That's going to hurt tax payers. It's a catchy title but just doesn't take more than a moments thought to see how it's going to backfire.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
What do you mean? If you are a software developer working for a state or city you expect to sell the software you develop for them and collect the money yourself?
If I develop software specific to the public sector and sell it to the government, it is "publicly financed software developed for the public sector". What is my incentive to develop any software at all for public sector, since potential client no. 2 will just take the code that I released? The ask does not state employed by... it just says: “Implement legislation requiring that publicly financed software developed f…
I appreciate NOAA's api.weather.gov, rucsoundings.noaa.gov, and other free public APIs.
Also good to see the FAA dipping their toes in free public APIs (api.faa.gov).
If I was the software developer forced into this I'd just raise my price knowing I can no longer sell it elsewhere, IF I even agreed to it. That's going to hurt tax payers. It's a catchy title but just doesn't take more than a moments thought to see how it's going to backfire.
You can still sell the code, you just have to use something like the Red Hat subscription model after the first contract. This is how a substantial part of the tech market already operates. How does it 'backfire' here?
If I was the software developer forced into this I'd just raise my price knowing I can no longer sell it elsewhere, IF I even agreed to it. That's going to hurt tax payers. It's a catchy title but just doesn't take more than a moments thought to see how it's going to backfire.
Go ahead, take your toys and go home. I don't care if the rent-seekers stop trying to waste my tax dollars - in fact contrary to your implication, this is a feature!
Governments pay all the time for development of technology that they buy, but that doesn't mean that the IP is released. For example, the government paid Boeing to develop transport aircraft. However, that does not mean that all the drawings/plans/etc for the aircraft are made public.
The government is buying a set of functionality with public money. As long as they are getting that functionality, it doesn't matter that the code is proprietary.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
If I develop software specific to the public sector and sell it to the government, it is "publicly financed software developed for the public sector". What is my incentive to develop any software at all for public sector, since potential client no. 2 will just take the code that I released? The ask does not state employed by... it just says: “Implement legislation requiring that publicly financed software developed f…
Your incentive is that you are being paid.
Then, sold to public sector once, then everyone else is free to use it.
Would Microsoft still develops Office? Unlikely.