Comment by teiferer
> small ICs
The majority of open source code is contributed by companies, typically very large corporations. The thought of the open source ecosystem being largely carried by lone hobbyist contributors in their spare time after work is a myth. There are such folks (heck I'm one of them) and they are appreciated and important, but their perception far exceeds their real role in the open source ecosystem.
I've heard people go back and fortg on this before but you seem pretty certain about it, can you share some stats so I can see also?