> I think the main benefit is community involvement in submitting bugs, contributing changes, writing docs, and being part of the project. Imho the main benefi

> I think the main benefit is community involvement in submitting bugs, contributing changes, writing docs, and being part of the project. Imho the main benefit of FOSS is that it becomes a shared good forever. Which includes those community aspects. No vendor can close it back up. If vendor goes under or stops supporting the community, the community can go on regardless. That keeps the FOSS available to all until the last copy bitrotted away.