Comment by isaacfrond
2 years ago
There we go again. It seems only yesterday we had the same thread.
I choose an unusual hobby, that other people seems to find useful. Hence people should give me money.
I don't get it, I really don't.
If you enjoy working for free, by all means continue doing it. If you don't then stop. Nobody is forcing you. If you think your time and effort is worth more then you get now, go closed source, paid-support or whatever and see how much value you really bring to the market.
(I'm taking a -4 karma hit for this post, I know. I got it last time, do your worst)
For what little it's worth, I fully agree with you. This _should_ be so blindingly obvious that I have yet to wrap my head around how one could think differently.
Maybe it's a clout thing? That some people really want to make a living _selling_ software, but at the same time do not want to miss out on the cachet of "I'm doing open source"?
Whatever the reason, there is some amount of cognitive dissonance involved.
I even feel the opposite would be terrible - imagine taking payment for something that started as a hobby project.
Now the "pressure from users" is an actual contractual obligation! I can't walk away. What a nightmare.