> it works very similar to general "doin' business" service psychology. Features requested are built; money requested is donated; resources are used for additional upgrades; industry-cooperative movements are made; progress is tracked, open, and accountable.

That sounds more like FLOSS done right than most "doin' business" available these days. If most "doin' business" worked as you describe, FLOSS wouldn't have eat so much market from them.