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my professional experience in this field for the last 22 years has taught me that a overwhelming majority of the professionals of this community are members of the american/yankee aligned labor aristocracy; that should inform you of their perspectives when it comes to individualistic behavior and shared gains.
nevertheless -- as it is in the real world -- there are still many who believe in collectivism and also believe that we can apply our craft to build helpful/needful technology-based improvements to the human condition.
linux and it foss ecosystem was one of the most recent achievements of these efforts and my comment was intended to lament that it's taken it's first step towards becoming another capitalist tool.
It looks like the fate of FOSS was predetermined to be bleak in the West.
i suppose it was considering the libertarian-esque knee jerk reactionary impetus that came a result of the influence of its initial creators. e.g. stallman.