Why is the government spending our tax dollars on this?
Isn't the open source community supposed to be doing this on their own?
You always claim they are. Next you'll be backing Richard Stallman's call for a tax increase to pay for this. If you aren't already.
"As more and more business transactions take place on the Internet, governments and businesses must cooperate to find innovative ways to regulate and derive tax revenue from Internet commerce without interfering with the economic benefits it can provide." -- Bill Gates