Comment by jjav
2 years ago
> It's silly to expect SW to be any different.
True, I can't disagree.
However, it's important to note that there is something different about the software world, in that very large subsets of applications and infrastructure of large for-profit companies are built on top of the free labor of open source.
Not sure if that's true in any other craft.
If unpaid open source were to magically disappear overnight, all of the Internet and all tech-using companies would collapse immediately.
> Not sure if that's true in any other craft.
It isn't, but that may be because other artists don't give out their work for free.