While doing what is right and working on what you believe in is an inarguably noble objective, in our current reality, it is often an altruistic effort. Open source, especially, while righteous in its premise, has long been dogged by financial unsustainability. We are human, after all. We need to pay rent, we need to eat, we need to live. Specifically, we need money. And so, for the most part, our long term ideals are compromised by our short term needs.