[dcacaac]

> they are exempt from the usual capitalist status quo which forces a venture to be good, popular and eventually profitable

I think you're making a lot of assumptions here. Does the pressure to make money force a venture to be good? Certainly some products are not good, and we have many examples open source projects that are fantastic. Plus there is still social pressure to be doing interesting things with your time, but it's my guess that very creative people don't even need any outside encouragement.