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Example: Public of Andorra gives money to Andorra Programmers to make some cool program that all people need.

Why US Public is allowed to use that code? Andorra's budget is not that big so why people of Andorra should pay for people in States? That's a very good way to not produce Public Code at all.

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There are other benefits, like US public submitting bug fixes, Andorra's code becoming a de-facto standard making it easier for them to hire contractors and support, and the fact that Andorra can use lots of open source from the US already. It's not a zero sum game.

In the exact scenario you describe, Andorra would spend just as much as it does today, but the American public would benefit from that as well.

In the more likely scenario, Andorra will use the code funded by US citizens.

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