Many free software projects that are one developer don't thrive. Especially
when the developer has a full time job and the project is secondary.
The most successful free software/open source projects are backed by a
commercial entity or are established enough to make their money as part of a
software foundation with commercial supporters.
But what about this "community" that is supposed to be the life blood? Most
of the time, the decisions are made only by a select few as part of a
meritocracy. A "community user" is often told to fix it himself if he has an
issue with something, but the majority of the time he is ignored when its
intended to be integrated upstream. You may as well be a one man team.
