France has contributed back some code in lieu of money, but it’s a very mixed blessing given we then have to maintain that code, which costs way more in the lon

France has contributed back some code in lieu of money, but it’s a very mixed blessing given we then have to maintain that code, which costs way more in the long term than writing it in the first place. It also actively damages the braintrust of the team if Element has to let staff go because we can’t pay them, and get code instead (as happened with France).