It is a much worse evil to have software developers who would write free software given the fiscal means to, when those means are available through others, but

It is a much worse evil to have software developers who would write free software given the fiscal means to, when those means are available through others, but are not exploited, and they end up either writing proprietary software to eat or not writing software at all. I commend tip4commit and bountysource and its ilk, not because individually they are ethical or moral about it, but because it is attempting to solve a real problem in the community, and someone is bound to get it right.