> Yes, motivating creators is a problem, but there are many possible solutions. As a creator with a day job, money isn't a motivator. But having my name tied t

> Yes, motivating creators is a problem, but there are many possible solutions. As a creator with a day job, money isn't a motivator. But having my name tied to my works certainly is. And for all the programmers you listed it is as well. The video freebooted by Zoo is a perfect example. They stripped his name and branding from the video and it went more viral as a Zoo video. If this happens regularly, there's literally no incentive to create content and distribute it. In fact it's a big de-motivator. In the case of the FOSS creators you mentioned, I wonder how motivated they would be if their work could have so easily been entirely re-apropriated by someone else (in total violation of their licenses). If Linus' name and source code wasn't attached to every linux and linux based distribution on earth he would have moved on a long time ago. No one in their right mind would just freely write code and let others take all the credit for it (with no monetary incentive). So I ask, could you please elaborate on your "many possible solutions"?