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In article <HW23dWAEV7F2EwYD@dlsl.demon.co.uk>
           jason@dlsl.demon.co.uk "Jason Clifford" writes:
> >Some social models of financing Open Source development are also
> >conceivable. I.e. a hardware tax whose revenues are used for public bidding
> >or prize awarding.  With today's level of public communication, it should be
> >possible to develop this (what some people may call socialist style) economy
> >in a sound and credible way.  And however corrupt the system may become, it
> >won't be more inept than "The Market", which has shown itself to be totally
> >inept in creating informational values.
> 
> Are you truely suggesting that I should pay a tax for something I will
> NEVER use, just because YOU do not like paying for teh products that you
> DO want to use?

But you do already use Open Source software, if your Organisation:
line is anything to go by.

So how can you be sure yuo won't be using other Open Source software
in the future.

In any case, the principle is well established that people have to
pay taxes fro everything, they can't opt out of paying a particular
tax because they don't use the services funded by that tax. (Or 
rather they can, provided they leave the country).

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