> That's the majority of people, not the majority of the work. I said majority of the work. The PhD supports my assertion that the majority of the actual work i

> That's the majority of people, not the majority of the work. I said majority of the work. The PhD supports my assertion that the majority of the actual work is done paid. The PhD supports that the majority of work on KDE and Gnome are done paid. Those are not typical examples, though, and I don't believe the conclusions apply to OSS in general. Projects like those make up a tiny percentage of the OSS ecosystem, whether measuring by people or by work.