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		forgottenpass on Jan 15, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Open-source infrastructure is not venture-backable Why should my taxes subsidize the open source toolkits of closed source projects? Unless you're talking about taxing only software startups, I don't want them getting a handout.

aidenn0 on Jan 15, 2016 [–]

Your taxes subsidize the highways used by commercial shipping companies too.

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