| Were you responding to someone else? For answers, just re-read my comment. Or, this: 1) Avoiding centralization is exactly why government shouldn’t do this. 2) Why did you raise a false dichotomy of government vs. commercial centralization? I proposed an open solution, which is non-commercial with decentralized control. 3) Funding?: Have you heard of Wikipedia? People often donate to prominent tools they use. And, as I pointed out, there is an even more reliable source. The necessity for scaled automated access creates an inevitable need for uniform openly set pricing for scaled up access. I nice case where non-profit open access is naturally self-funded. |