@aral I was just joking with someone about this the other day. My software was used by movements all over the world to rally and organize for justice. I only was able to get out of debt and find some retirement savings when I took a left turn into VC-funded startups for a while.
And now here I am in non profit open source, and, well, those savings were fun to have while they lasted.
Not that I did it for the money. But still.