[AstralStorm]

There is no commercial open source model. What happens is that you might get open source software here and there that will be so specialized as to require insane resources to adapt and modify. At least a solid team.

When was the last time you have submitted a patch to say PowerShell?

Democratic process does not exist when everyone is free to start a project. Users also often do not know what they want either until it's shown to them. Surprisingly also true when it's a tool made for other developers.

What you seem to be suggesting is to replace open source model with grant academia model if I'm being generous, and that would kill it. If I were less generous, you're suggesting to have say Microsoft tell OpenSSL devs what they want of them and do it.

[PoutCo]

> Democratic process does not exist when everyone is free to start a project. Users also often do not know what they want either until it's shown to them.

Apparently do not have the same definition of "democracy". The definition that I use is more or less the Swiss system. At the top, a group of people that takes decisions that they think it is the best - and the people that have the power to override the decision if they organize a vote or propose a new law.

> What you seem to be suggesting is to replace open source model with grant academia model if I'm being generous Nope... Read what open-source-economy.com or tea.xyz - that is the future of OSS IMO.