And the things of value are measured by the person with the money, not the person producing them. That's often a very direct conflict with the "scratch an itch

And the things of value are measured by the person with the money, not the person producing them. That's often a very direct conflict with the "scratch an itch" culture. Red Hat (for example) give me value (for which I pay them) by giving money to people to work on the 20% of free software (bugs, polish) that are apparently an anethma to many developers.