Yet the attitude you express here is used as a justification for the suppression of pay in this industry. Open source is a boon and a bane in that regard, becau

Yet the attitude you express here is used as a justification for the suppression of pay in this industry. Open source is a boon and a bane in that regard, because companies are unlikely to distinguish between the two contexts you note. And they have a large source of useful idiots who will happily play along.