> Making money is really a shorthand for sustainability. If developers aren't paid, their code can easily fall into disrepair which hurts all their users. I ag

> Making money is really a shorthand for sustainability. If developers aren't paid, their code can easily fall into disrepair which hurts all their users. I agree, for many, though not all, developers and projects. Crucially, a lot of folks who can't currently afford to do free work for reputation or personal edification can't currently afford to release open source. But I also think the money point emphasizes how unfortunate the term "sustainability" is. Typical software businesses don't seek sustainability. They seek profitability. Why should the developers they depend on settle for getting by? "Profit" has a corporate, rent-seeking connotation to it. In my own side projects and writing, I've come to prefer "gainful", as in "gainful open software development".