> Except those non-monetary activities don't pay the bills. That is why the vast majority of free or open source projects are not businesses. > And of course,

> Except those non-monetary activities don't pay the bills. That is why the vast majority of free or open source projects are not businesses. > And of course, if there are specific users who are contributing materially with code etc then nothing stops them from getting a gratis enterprise license. This is one way to kill an open source project that is new to me! > I'm not sure they are so-called - they clearly are consumers They do more than that (in a power-law way): the evangelize, translate docs, file bug reports, donate, provide free support online, among other activities. Reducing a community to mere consumers is self-defeating. > you'd just have a new set of developers with the same financial problems, and Gitea would have gobbled up some Enterprise mind-share in the meantime. Ah, I see we have a fundamental philosophical difference. I don't believe that all open source projects have to be profitable enterprises - or even a full-time job for single maintainer. A lot - I dare say most - successful projects are volunteer-driven.