Actually yeah this basically crossed my mind as well. I was thinking more that it should be part of Ubuntu by default. In the traditional market, the loops of f

Actually yeah this basically crossed my mind as well. I was thinking more that it should be part of Ubuntu by default. In the traditional market, the loops of funding things are more or less closed. If you want something you pay for it and therefore fund it. If it doesn't get enough funding, it's because it's priced incorrectly, or it's not desired. The Free Software gift economy, for all its benefits in the area of user freedom, is entirely missing these price signals. See: Werner Koch. There has to be something to remind us who exactly we should be paying if we are so inclined.