I made a similar case to @erlend and @zicklag some time ago, relating to #Muni town's #p2p technologies.
If one is content with small uptake, and maybe earning sustainable income from that for a small team, or even a decent SMB or mid-sized business, then all is well.
If ones ambition level is larger than that, things are a whole different matter, and much more forces need to be accounted for.
At Social coding commons the #FSDL considers these..
https://coding.social/introduction/#free-software-development-lifecycle