A lot of people have been looking to attack this problem from a legal (via licensing) or economic point of view, but really, I don't see either of these being n

A lot of people have been looking to attack this problem from a legal (via licensing) or economic point of view, but really, I don't see either of these being nearly as effective as a cultural approach. There are few other industries that consider 80h+ work weeks as a badge of honour, and in ownership of our ongoing work. Instead, we should continue to encourage: 1) Better management of work/life balance 2) Better delegation of tasks and project ownership - as a side effect, this reduces the bus factor and also likely increases the quality of a project as more ideas are mixed in 3) Make it more acceptable to simply walk away from projects. While some might see this as "selfish", if you want someone to work on it full time, you can always offer to hire them, or pick up the work yourself.