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"FOSS is infrastructure" and "FOSS maintainers are not suppliers" seem pretty at odds. It can't be both "infrastructure" and akin to a couch you dump in the trash (as in the example in your comment below).

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FOSS as infrastructure doesn't mean every piece of FOSS is. And infrastructure can be incidental. While we're using analogies tortured beyond all meaning, a goat path in the forest is infrastructure if I ride my bicycle on it to get somewhere, but the goat herder was just herding their goats. If you want to rely on something (code, forest path, whatever), you should probably take steps to ensure the longevity and security of that thing, especially if you depend on it to make money. If I really need my goat/bicycle path, I could do path maintenance on it or try to get the government to do it, but complaining that I'm late for work because the goat herder didn't clear a fallen tree that their goats can jump over but I can't bike around is both foolish and obnoxious.

I'm more concerned about the goat herder intentionally dropping a tree on the path because he's having a bad day and wants it to be your problem too.

Perhaps it's a distinction without a difference. But if it happens a lot, you'd stop using that path.

the road in front of your door are not a business model ;)

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