[banach]

These projects are a crucial part of the infrastructure of the modern information society. The solution to a lack of funding for these things is not charity from rich patrons, but governmental investment based on taxes.

[niels_olson]

I tend to disagree. The government incentives are aligned toward large long term investments, not individual DaVincis or Galileos

[banach]

But that's exactly my point. Software development and maintenance requires long-term investments.