@hyc if an EU-STF is created, it would in effect become something like that, right? At least taxes would fund open source.

if it's purely "EU funded" that implies to me that it's from a general fund that also includes personal/individual income tax, which I'd be opposed to. It should be funded by the corporations profiting from open source, not the general populace.

@hyc if the software is "critical", it is used widely in society already so you ARE using it, so adding the tax on companies makes no difference in the end because they charge their users: us. We are the ones paying either way.

I suppose. But even if everyone uses it, not everyone is financially profiting from it. If you tax the companies, even if they pass the cost onto their customers, it's still more targeted than taxing everyone.

@joshbressers finally we know!