That's because it's not. Governments are not reliably good, and their money comes with far more strings than private money.
The FSF have it right: people should write free software because proprietary software is immoral.
Have you ever worked on a government-funded project? The Tor folks have and do. :)
> ...[P]eople should write free software because proprietary software is immoral.
USGov does fund Libre and Open Source software. One big example is the Tor Project.
That's because it's not. Governments are not reliably good, and their money comes with far more strings than private money.
The FSF have it right: people should write free software because proprietary software is immoral.