> Few Open Source Developers want to work on this stuff which I get because it's tedious work interfacing with computer illiterate end users. I'd rather chug sewage then do this work for free.
Or the government could pay people to work on said open source software, providing a benefit to the public along the way. The US government started something like this called "18F" under the Obama administration. It was so effective at making software that was useful to the American public that Trump promptly shut it down 2 months into his second term, in no small part because they had the temerity to develop free-to-use tax filing software.
Or the government could pay people to work on said open source software, providing a benefit to the public along the way. The US government started something like this called "18F" under the Obama administration. It was so effective at making software that was useful to the American public that Trump promptly shut it down 2 months into his second term, in no small part because they had the temerity to develop free-to-use tax filing software.
See
https://handbook.tts.gsa.gov/18f/history-and-values/ https://web.archive.org/web/20250000000000*/https://handbook... https://archive.is/CIXG1
and
https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/learning-from-the-legac... https://web.archive.org/web/20250000000000*/https://www.lawf... https://archive.is/fmaf6