I once had an independent project that was both awesome and positioned extremely well for the needs of big co.

But, life, it needed support.

So, big co sent someone with a fat salary and stock options to take care of things. He mailed to “brainstorm” what can be done so that “folks like yourself could successfully build” stuff that benefits them and how to make it “worth a developer’s while”.

So yah.

That was bullshit and the way Open Source is funded is (also, among other such piles) bullshit