Comment by janfoeh
2 years ago
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.