[$] The selfish contributor revisited

Open source is often described as a "gift economy"-anecosystem where contributors are motivated by a desire to make theworld a better place. That is, sometimes, true. However, JamesBottomley used his maintrack slot at FOSDEM 2025,on February1, to make the case that it is better to bank on theselfish motivations of individuals to drive community success than torely on their altruism.