I am saying that old school projects aren't paying the developers' bills because they aren't profitable. The developers realize this too, there is only so much

I am saying that old school projects aren't paying the developers' bills because they aren't profitable. The developers realize this too, there is only so much altruism to go around but you got mouths to feed and rents to pay. As an alternative to working on a second job to fund their passion, we are seeing developers trying various things to make their one passion job pay, such as licensing tweaks or VC funding. These don't seem to work out very well, I think it's best explained here: https://apenwarr.ca/log/20211229 https://apenwarr.ca/log/20211229 "So it is with free software. You literally cannot pay for it. If you do, it becomes something else."