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…