A tech company wants to sell something.
A tech community stands for something.

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They're just different kinds of structures, with different purposes.

Companies can achieve many things, but have their limits — not all goods in the world can be individually priced and sold.

That's fair. 

The tragedy of the commons is a very real dilemma and current private sector incentive structures are imperfect.