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As was mentioned in this thread 2 hours ago, Google has 9 committers to Eclipse. http://dash.eclipse.org/dash/commits/web-app/commit-count-lo... They've also paid members of the foundation for over 6 years. And there is never a moral obligation to pay for something that is explicitly licensed for free.

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> And there is never a moral obligation to pay for something that is explicitly licensed for free.

I was with you up until that part. In my opinion there is a moral obligation to donate to projects if you are using them for commercial gain.

Perhaps Eclipse and the open source community as a whole needs to consider asking for more than just making their code/products free.

I know of way too many people giving so much to open source projects, building 'successful' communities, but having a hard time getting enough investment into the community to guarantee the future growth of such ecosystems.

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