[hackuser]

While I generally support private sector solutions, I don't agree that, self-evidently or absolutely, private business is the only way to do these things. It's a great tool, but not the solution to all of life's problems.

Also, whether or not private business is the ultimate solution, the intellectual property still can be free and open. In the IT industry we probably can name a few examples of free, open IP that facilitated a little bit of business, such as the Internet, the Web, Email, the IBM PC design, Unix ... maybe a couple of others ...