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The talk by Tomasz Donarski at wroc_love.rb 2023 addresses the critical challenges facing open-source software. Open source, likened to oxygen, is often overlooked despite being essential to the IT industry. Donarski begins by narrating a fictional tale about a developer who creates an open-source tool out of necessity but struggles financially as the project grows. Key discussions revolve around:

- **Unsustainable Financial Models**: Many open-source maintainers provide valuable software but face difficulty securing funds for their efforts, leading to a cycle of voluntary work chased by financial instability.  
- **Dependency Issues**: The reliance on open-source libraries often goes unnoticed, contributing to vulnerabilities, as illustrated by real-world examples like the Log4j incident, where a widely used library faced scrutiny from major corporations despite being maintained by a few developers.  
- **Sabotage and Security Risks**: The talk also highlights incidents of sabotage in the open-source community and how malicious actors can exploit vulnerabilities in widely used tools.  
- **Call for Change**: There is an urgent need for a sustainable support system for open-source projects. Donarski emphasizes potential solutions, including a new initiative called 'T', which aims to create a rewarding system for open-source contributors. The system proposes a package manager and an algorithm-driven rewards engine to recognize the value of all contributors fairly.

In conclusion, Donarski underscores the importance of supporting open-source maintainers through financial incentives and community collaboration to ensure a thriving open-source ecosystem. He encourages attendees to engage with initiatives like 'T' and emphasizes that contributions to open source are needed now more than ever, as they form the backbone of much of today’s technology.

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