There seems to still be too many people who cling to the romantic notion that Free Software must be produced for free, as a pure labour of love.<p>It&#x27;s absolute nonsense - so many of the most successful free&#x2F;open source software projects are those with salaried employees working on it, and this has been the case for many years. The problem today is of course finding a way to fund open source contributors whose projects aren&#x27;t quite aligned with the needs of a major company.