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Either there is a code contributor pushing for functionality (Example sendfile/nginx) or a donor suggesting a path forward or a volunteer given free time.

Every foundation goals can be driven via sponsorship. At the end everything is simplify as who pays the bills at the end of the month?

This raises the old question: Who pays for the free in free software?

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> "It's difficult to escape the notion that FreeBSD is becoming an operating system by, and for, FreeBSD developers."

I don't know how many FreeBSD devs are paid full time and how much of it is voluntary, but this is the outcome that I would expect absent a traditional customer-vendor relationship. This is basically every open source project ever where most of the work being done is non-commercial.

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