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> > Although some kind of tax distributed to software organizations might
> > initially help free software, eventually the tax distribution would be
> > diverted to whichever organizations provided the biggest bribes (or
> > lobbying, whatever it's called in your country) to the elected
> > representatives and/or non-elected professional beaurocrats running the
> > program.
>
> Do you see that happening in science?

You definitely see it happening in farming.

In science, it's still largely about whether or not the government
likes your grant proposal. Listing a great number of military
applications tends to help proposals

> > A program of tax distribution would inevitably attract greedy people. 
>
> Do you see that happening in science?

Again, you do in farming. The academic life still requires to much
invested energy for people to do it just for the tax
handouts. Software engineers, however, do not need a decade of
post-secondary education.

> > These people would lobby (bribe) for preferential treatment, regulations
> > that hurt their competitors, and of course for more money.  Much of the
> > money would then find a way to be diverted into either the pockets of
> > the greedy (if they're greedy for money) or into the growth of an empire
> > (if they're greedy for power).  In any case, comparatively little would
> > find its way to the actual developer.
>
> Do you see that happening in science?

Again, it definitely happens in agriculture, which I think might be a
better model.

 - Maciej Stachowiak

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