That is a weird way of referring to value being collectively added to a free software project. I contributed to LibreOffice for five years before being hired. I

That is a weird way of referring to value being collectively added to a free software project. I contributed to LibreOffice for five years before being hired. I even did onboarding without compensation, with increasing intensity and regularity. I quite happily worked alongside people employed by various companies and I learned a lot.