Similarly like democracy is brittle and depends on the values being upheld and cultivated by everyone involved, open source is more than a legal license. Many

Similarly like democracy is brittle and depends on the values being upheld and cultivated by everyone involved, open source is more than a legal license. Many people have paid it forward with a lot of hard work and built the entire infrastructure, starting with open source operating systems, bios and drivers. It's the motivation of these people that keeps work free, and they probably want to see a thriving ecosystem of software and an open internet.