There are also writers who see hackathons as a form of labor appropriation, getting skilled workers to do unremunerated vital work. This isn't my orientation, to be sure, but it does seem to me to merit at least some thought, and in the context of this essay draft, reflective of the Stallman/Moglen view of the world, I was conscious that some engagement with the alternative perspective might be helpful. I do not, otherwise see much room for improvement.