The Red Hat model only worked for Red Hat
I think it would be a great benefit to our country if governments started phasing out the purchase of any proprietary software.<p>If you want to make software for the government, it must be public domain.<p>In the long run we&#x27;d all have lower taxes, more efficient government, and better software for all to use.<p>The downside would be some people in the 1% would no longer earn billions in fees from the rest of us for &quot;licensing&quot; software laden with technical debt to the government.