I, too, am an OSS developer who makes a living off my projects. Money is very important to me but so is my time. Like antirez, I want to focus on building the best features and products I can and not spend time looking for investment, hiring, running a company, etc. As of today, I have a one person self-funded profitable company which requires very little effort to maintain aside from periodic bookkeeping.

It's not for everyone but neither is VC-funding.