Open source as seen through the lens of 
the MIT gift license

has the power to break us free from this 
overly rational, cost-benefit analysis

bullshit that's impoverishing our lives 
in so many other ways.

It's a lens that isn't smudged by the 
tragedy of the commons,

where we "find meaning in our work"

and I mean that in the broadest sense, not
just in what you're employed to do.

To go beyond "getting the job done"
and to connect with other practitioners

as other humans, and not just as market
participants.

A way to create bonds free of quid pro
quo reciprocal expectations.

Free from demands. Free from debt.

Free from shame. Free from repayment.

Free from having to sell.

To reject measuring my worth
in the same bullshit measures

of engagement that's driving the wider
world off a cliff.

Free to pursue intrinsic motivation
from a quest for autonomy, mastery

and purpose that isn't shackled solely by 
employment or business

Free to reach for self-transcendence that
lies in giving away

the best of what you got

and asking nothing in return.

[Trade-free means we ask nothing 
in return]