IcaroRibeiro said:
Software industry is only viable because of free licenses. Imagine if we need to pay for every lib and framework we use. We would be trapped in the 90's levels of technology because every piece of software would demand people to rework in things over and over Wondering how much more developed chemistry industry could be if they share the same mindset, maybe then people would stop paying premium prices for medicines |
And innovation ( base scientific breakthroughs) is not possible without state money, state interests, state intervention, and direction.
From Concorde to the iPhone, state intervention drives technological innovation