> The only way free/libre/“open-source”1 software can be a sustainable endeavour is to change what “sustainable” means. In an ideal world, housing and food woul

> The only way free/libre/“open-source”1 software can be a sustainable endeavour is to change what “sustainable” means. In an ideal world, housing and food would be decommodified and people could work on software projects for the love of it and place it in the commons for others to enjoy the use of. This is purely the problem of “other than capitalism”. We don’t need 1000 people getting paid via socialism to work on skins for a game. The advantage of pay is that it can be used to persuade people to work on things they are much less interested in. How many of you like your jobs but would probably do other things if not for your good pay? Pretty much everyone!