Regarding A, one point I've seen raised about open source, specially the idea about checking someone's github activity as part of a hiring process, is that maki

Regarding A, one point I've seen raised about open source, specially the idea about checking someone's github activity as part of a hiring process, is that making open source contributions, or more specifically, contributing for free, is a privilege the poor can not afford. It's ironic, but exactly the people who benefit from free software wouldn't spend their time making free software because they need money to eat.