This story is one of the reasons why I don't understand why people are so enamored with FOSS. The entire ecosystem is a gigantic free-rider problem. If you cann

This story is one of the reasons why I don't understand why people are so enamored with FOSS. The entire ecosystem is a gigantic free-rider problem. If you cannot exlude people from using your software despite the fact that they don't pay, you're not capturing the value you provide. The result is, in line with econ 101, undersupply and lack of investment. It's not just the author but this is how many free software projects look. People living on 1800 bucks a month providing millions in value to billion dollar companies. Completely bizarre status quo.