Your comment reminds me about the podcast linked below, where the issue of people hoping to be paid for their idealism in open source is discussed, taking it fu

Your comment reminds me about the podcast linked below, where the issue of people hoping to be paid for their idealism in open source is discussed, taking it further, to the idea that "corporate open source" is not only parallel to "idealistic open source", it actually tends to produce community pressure on people to continue working for free, and perpetuate a bit of an illusion that they'll be paid some day. It seems relevant to this thread. "Corporate interests in open source and dev culture "with Zed Shaw" - http://changelog.com/podcast/300 http://changelog.com/podcast/300