I think this article presents a good rebuttal to this model — foundations will never pay the long tail, and sometimes the payout may not even be all that substa

I think this article presents a good rebuttal to this model — foundations will never pay the long tail, and sometimes the payout may not even be all that substantial for them to bother. The model in the article has the benefit of being automatic and applies to all packages that actually get used by for-profit companies