

For hardware it is relativly simple, as paying for that is normal. Raspberry Pi is a private company, but produces open source hardware. Probably the way to go, is to force all companies to do so. Right to repair is imho a good starting point.
For software the key seems to be large government or private customers. They do have a lot of money and the system not running costs them a lot. Hiring experts themself is also not always posdible. So buying in service from companies developing open source is an option.
For R&D a lot of that is done by universities and research institutions likr NASA today. That seems to me to be a good solution.
He is clearly fairly brown and has a Spanish language tatoo. That was enough to send him away. Those two things are not rarer for Mexicans.