Read the paper, and did not see evidence presented of there being a _crisis_. Certainly, commercial companies not contributing back is a _problem_, but what is

Read the paper, and did not see evidence presented of there being a _crisis_. Certainly, commercial companies not contributing back is a _problem_, but what is it that's about to collapse? PS - Writing this from the perspective a FOSS developer and maintainer who feels under-appreciated and is not compensated for maintenance work of (in my biased opinion) somewhat-important code.