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I'm not really sure what they're offering that Heroic Games Launcher, Lutris and Bottles aren't already offering for free?

According to this old forum post it is often a file permission error:
https://forums-old.lotro.com/forums/showthread.php?698310-Patch-dat-files-stuck-at-88
You could always try giving the lotr directory a 2777 and see if that helps.

I see your point but only partly agree. I can see why curl should be treated like infrastructure but I can also see that system quickly being misused as per above.
I strongly believe in having public money create public code, as in Lenas link (https://publiccode.eu/en/) elsewhere in this thread. As the funding isn't infinite I believe that is where it will create the most public good - at least in the long run. Of course there will be outliers and exceptions, and maybe curl would be one of those, I just don't want to see our money flowing straight into the pocket of another tech billionaire with good lobbyists in Brussel.

With hundreds of companies using curl in their software I'd say it's up to them to fund it.
Unless a strong copyleft license is used you'll soon find some companies lobbying to have their open source MIT licensed code funded, which they then use in proprietary applications and earn money from while no one else uses the MIT code that was paid for. Essentially having the public investment fund a private company.

Thanks for the explanation and sorry for my sarcastic response. :)

That truly explains the differences between the licenses, thank you shane.

I like the idea of public funds supporting code that stays public, which strong copyleft license is used doesn't matter much to me to be honest.
The big thing would be if the EU helped litigate license breakers and not only fund the projects.

I haven't read up on AGPL. How does it differ from GPLv3? :)
MIT f.e. would allow corporations to take the code and profit from it. GPLv3 would ensure that the funding from the EU would go to projects that remains open source and free.

Just download digital copies of the textbooks and say you need them as training material for your own AI dataset when the copyright holders come after you.

Oh, that would be a nice up yours. :D

What if EU only funds open source that is GPLv3 AND promises to aid the projects in litigation if someone breaks the license?

Obviously you find a 35 year old guy who looks to be 18 or 19. Then you can shock people together.