My point is, he didn't wait to form an organisation charged with coding a new OS,or a venture capitalist or regulation. He just started where he was with what he had...the rest as they say is history.
Passion and commerce are actually tied together for most succesful internet businesses....
Facebook; just a bunch of campus kids sharing social info (their passion)
Youtube; just a bunch of campus kids sharing videos (their passion)
Linux; Just a coder trying to get a more stable OS for his own purposes (gaming?).
These guys cared enough about something to try and fix it. The commerce aspect came later and they mostly had to hire the finance types to help them monetise something they were already doing.....