I don't think we really disagree, but I might be mistaken. > large scale FOSS came first FOSS, let alone large scale FOSS, appeared well into a long period of

I don't think we really disagree, but I might be mistaken. > large scale FOSS came first FOSS, let alone large scale FOSS, appeared well into a long period of western imperial surplus and cheap fuel, in a unipolar world where the US had unique capabilities of projecting power. > hobbies. Passion projects. (...) maintainers are starting to demand compensation (...) the transformation of Social Capital to financial capital Precisely. When times are good, people will indulge in activities like that because incentives align differently. Maintaining enterprise-grade software for free in a contracting economy, on the other hand, will probably not be as tempting. Pay the rent or push upstream?