>So almost half of all contributors are actually paid to work on free software projects full-time.
I'm not sure the report allows this conclusion. I think what it says is that there are full-time employees who work on FOSS projects as part of their employment. But I don't see where it says how much of their paid time they can spend on FOSS work.
>But it seems to me that in no way is free software dependent on any company funding
I don't know. Linux does look very dependent on corporate contributions. But maybe this is a special case as most kernel code is device drivers.
I'm not sure the report allows this conclusion. I think what it says is that there are full-time employees who work on FOSS projects as part of their employment. But I don't see where it says how much of their paid time they can spend on FOSS work.
>But it seems to me that in no way is free software dependent on any company funding
I don't know. Linux does look very dependent on corporate contributions. But maybe this is a special case as most kernel code is device drivers.