Comment Re:Isn't this the idea? (Score 3, Insightful) 105
You're not writing to be compensated, you're writing to "scratch an itch".
True, but with many popular OSS projects, that "itch" becomes a permanent rash (constant demands for features/fixes, unpaid) that drive developers to burnout.
So then there's really only a few choices:
1. close the source, or also use a less permissive license that perhaps requires paid contract for commercial use etc.
2. large companies whose products depend on those projects help fund it, or,
3. dev burns out, leaving the project in limbo (or a bunch of proprietary forks) making it less popular/supported.