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I don’t think that’s so controversial, neither does the UK government - https://www.gov.uk/service-manual/technology/making-source-c...

This was starting sometime in 2010, as gov.uk was gearing up IIRR, plus most people you talked to at the time in local government would just stare and not have a clue about open source. We have honestly come a very long way (I reckon we do a “generation” each decade - making me a third time around )

However - as always, we have not come Far enough

I've worked at military contractor jobs for years, and there are many people there who believe this - if the taxpayer is paying and the software isn't classified, then it should be open source.

Ghidra is a great example of this, and having this software be free has been of great benefit to the security community.

FSFE shares your opinion across the pond: https://publiccode.eu/en/

> But I was young and naive

Just ahead of your time. Progress is both a grind and a marathon.