>>67Basically this.
I like to use Foss or just open software as much as possible. People will argue over which license is best, but I am convinced that having source code available and allowing the community to contribute is simply superior to closing it from a technical standpoint. The obvious setback is that it harder to make lods o muney without drowning it in ads. But it's still better for users and devs from a technical standpoint. I use Linux and my sisters do too, as much as possible. But Schools and their Microsoft contracts force them to use Windows sometimes.
I think there should be a government-endorsed foss utilities (OS, office suite, other business or maybe art software etc) for free use by anyone who wants it (including schools, businesses), and governments can hire workers to update it and include features that citizens want if need be, and even accept patches from the public if they meet the grade. Of course figuring out whether to simply send patches upstream to the original devs or fork it (or both) will need to be done, but it would benefit everyone to have software officially used by their government and available to them that is free from backdoors, vendor lock-in, and allows the people to change it in any way they want.
Of course, nobody should be forced to use the official government software, and commercial options will remain. But it would make me happy to see schools teaching general office tech with LibreOffice, and having art courses with Inkscape, Krita, and Gimp, using Linux on their computers, and small/medium businesses keeping that trend alive. When everyone accepts open standards, vendor monopolies will stop being so prevalent. That's a benefit to citizens.