What a relief to see this in print. With so much of the focus of previous discussion endlessly returning to the question of how pure is pure, the practical side of improving the open source business model has been too much neglected.

Govt funding is necessary, in quantity. But I wouldn't want it to go to projects licensed with poisoned pills which will sooner or later be replaced under broader licenses (for example, GNU libraries being replaced by BSD open source Android libraries.) In the long run, I believe that's just money being thrown away, since the work will be redone.

But much else is needed too, including experiments with business models.

GNU ensures freedom. It doesn't restrict it. It REQUIRES it.

This is a call for increased funding of open source software, perhaps even government funding (as for roads and bridges).