Comment by malermeister

3 years ago

I can't speak for parent, but some (including myself) see writing free software as an act of charity, done just to make the world a little bit better.

In this view, trying to make money from it corrupts the noble mission.

> In this view, trying to make money from it corrupts the noble mission.

Agreed, making money from charity doesn’t make sense.

Business revolves around secrecy and restrictions.

Whereas open-source revolves around transparency and freedoms…