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I came across this EU study on the 'value of open source' (which I call #libre), and I think all of us user our influence to make sure that the power-brokers in our lives are aware of it and understand its implications: https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/library/study-about-impact-open-source-software-and-hardware-technological-independence-competitiveness-and
What we should be aiming for: gov't recognition that #libre software is our crucial 'digital infrastructure' and should be funded from public funds. By corollary, we need to insist that publicly funded software is #libre (open source, ideally #copyleft).
Similarly, we should require any publicly-funded educational curriculum development is made available under open licenses (CC-BY or CC-BY-SA).
And yes, a few corporate digital tech and ed tech vendors will be very strongly against this because they'll think it will affect their profits. Yeah, it might, but I'm entirely ok with that.
@lightweight I doubt profits would be affected as much as egos.
Profits might actually go up if they were willing to let go of control. Someone recently posted about a gaming company realizing they got free quality assurance by just having a Linux version; extend that to having free development by opening the code ala many #libre projects. This then opens avenues for more developers exposed to helping libre projects, and more employment opportunities for libre developers.
