Comment by gkya
7 years ago
>> Cognitect does not make money from Clojure. Period.
But it makes its money because it is the company of the creator of Clojure. AFAIK the company was started after Clojure gained traction. That means they are well compensated, that's as good as money, IMO.
Reading the original post and this, I don't think Rich Hickey is a good citizen of the F/OSS community. F/OSS is not about cost. It's about sharing.
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Rich is well compensated mostly because he's a brilliant developer and architect: Clojure is just one point of evidence towards that fact.
If I make infinite bread loaves and you're allowed take some loaves and _also_ see the recipe, that is quite clearly sharing by every definition out there.
You however don't get to influence _my_ recipe.
That's just your empty entitlement of "he should share his toys with me more" under the guise of "F/OSS" and, uh, being a "good citizen" or something.
You're a horrible citizen of the fantasy world where you give me things for free. That's some Kennedy inaugural address shit right there.
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