> ... but are motivated by altruism, passion, recognition, etc. The real question here is, is that sustainable? No body can survive on just these three, that's

> ... but are motivated by altruism, passion, recognition, etc. The real question here is, is that sustainable? No body can survive on just these three, that's the reality here. Altruism dies down, passion runs out, recognition fades off. Then what? Eventually, rationality kicks in and then you'll have a Sorry letter detailing why some repository that you probably already forgot ever existed now needs a new maintainer. Don't get me wrong, I'm not a completely self-centered person. In fact, I created a few FOSS projects myself, and I also put in my efforts just to make my users happy (well, some of the time), it's all done free of any charge. But to me, altruism is still extremely harmful, and should almost never be relied upon. On the same note, passion and recognition too must be justified to be productive, and then verified to be effective. Also, let's don't ignore the fact that, even though some founder/maintainers of FOSS projects don't actually need to be reward by money, monetized support is the only realistic help most people welling/capable to contribute. So if the founder/maintainer accepts it, why not?