Agreed, but there is no obligation on them to do it. Even if they feel a social obligation they could, for example, only fix security issues that affect most users and do not have a workaround.

> GPL 3 or AGPL do not help with this problem. it might stop a few big businesses, but again, it would stop them from using it

The big businesses are the one who should pay if they use it, right? What are they going to use instead? It would be cheaper to pay a licensing fee than to develop their own alternatives to things like OpenSSL or xz (the examples given that I was replaying to).

Edit: also, if you look up the thread I was replying to someone who specifically said the problem was with MIT style licences. At the very least GPL licences will prevent them using without contributing back their own fixes and, with GPL3, also has other positive effects.

> it might, now that they are already using i

but the problem is that they are mostly not doing so, right?

> the per-pupil number is a deliberate red herring. spending increases only cover increasingly expensive private contracts, expensive middle-managers who often contribute little of value in terms of actually educating pupils, and liabilities

Is that not just a more detailed explanation of what the comment said? jayglow said

> you can argue that the funds aren't well allocated

You have explained how they have been badly allocated. Its a general pattern in the western world's government expenditure on many things.

Some US states seem to spend more per pupil than excellent independent ("private") schools in the UK. That is a lot of money.

What I do not understand is why projects that are short of money continue to use those licenses. Relicense to GPL 3 or AGPL 3 so small businesses and individuals can use it unhindered, and offer a paid license to those averse to that.

As xz demonstrated, maintaining for free out of a sense of obligation is not always good for society.

People can question if they want to.

I am more used to dealing with places that go too far the other way and think you should be cycling even if you have multiple suitcases to carry.

Last week someone had left bags of apples left on their wall with a note asking people to take a bag. I guess their tree produced more than they wanted. I took one. I feel no obligation to pay them for it. An MIT license is the same thing applied to software.

The trips over a 100 miles are a much higher percentage of distance travelled. One 100 mile trips is the same distance as 33 three mile trips. if you look at distance travelled its dominated by longer trips on your numbers.

I assume your numbers are for the US where cars are more heavily used for commuting than anywhere else?

it was a lot more complex than "natives" vs the East India Company. In many places they replaced Mughal rulers who were not natives either. Some groups of natives supported them in order to get rid of rulers or existing oppressive systems (or they did not care because it made little difference to them).

> Norman invasion of England or Mongol invasion of China where the invaders fused with the local culture.

The Normans fused gradually, over time. Longer than British rule in India lasted. There were many cultural influences both ways, as can be seen in language, cuisine, political and legal institutions. British people who remained in India became Anglo-Indians, and much the same happened elsewhere in the Empire.

The article says.the education they received was less rigorous than schools in France, Germany or Italy. Despite this and the educational focus on the classics Britain made huge contributions to science and technology. Maybe schools did not matter that much educationally, but did, as you say, create loyalty and character.

Its mentioned in many memoirs and biographies. Even when apparently consensual the younger boys were far too young to meaningfully consent, especially given disparities in age and power

Not adding sugar also greatly limits how much you have. Coke has well over double the sugar per 100ml as whole milk, and you can chug down a lot more of it in one go.

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I have not actually used it. I have paid some people (mechanic, gardener) with a bank transfer which works well thanks to faster payments being near instant.

It does not really stop assassinations, but it lets the rest of us get on with life without worrying when a thug will take our stuff.