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Where is it written that being an OSS contributor should be a sustainable career? Just go write software for a company if that’s what you want to do. But why there’s an expectation that “open” source software should pay anyone is beyond me.

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I think that society and companies benefit from FOSS even if there's no or little profit in doing it. Sure that are corporate OSS jobs, but think of all the societal benefit that comes from one-man or community FOSS projects. I feel that in an ideal situation people should be incentivized by being paid for doing that work.

> Where is it written that being an OSS contributor should be a sustainable career?

Why shouldn't it?

I’m not saying it shouldn’t. I said where is it written? Why does everyone act like it’s a foregone conclusion?

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