“most” is a bit strong. Many open source projects never get users or any kind of traction, they’re just a passion project for the author. The lucky few fill a need and take off. Review the package usage count on npm or the GitHub stars for projects - there’s a tiny fraction that make it big.

Carve the compiled objects onto bricks and mail them to Richard Stallman, taunting him through a bullhorn as you do so.

I have nothing against Stallman, but I love this.