Comment by nonethewiser

>It is crazy, absolutely crazy to depend on open source to be free (as beer).

Why? It's not crazy at all. It's the status quo with no sign of things changing. It is both possible right now and likely continue. Its not crazy.

If it's not worth maintaining people will stop. If people need it they will develop it. The current incentive structure has produced lots of open source code that is being maintained.

>It is not okay - it is not okay to consider that this labor fell from the sky and is a gift, and that the people/person behind are just doing it for their own enjoyments.

It is if there is no cost. You can always charge for it. But you can't make it free then pretend its not.