“There are always strings attached.”
Lets nip this bud right now
1) When a church runs a community food shelf is that ‘with strings attached’
now that we have that out of the way I will concede with FOSS there are some strings. Namely that if you modify and distribute FOSS software you have to pass along your modifications. Thats it, thats the ‘cost’.
Someone pays for the food that’s donated.