I write open source software because:
- I enjoy programming,
- I need/want a particular thing to exist,
- once I have written it, I might as well share it,
- maybe someone will even find a bug or pick it up and maintain it.
And not because:
- I want anyone to make money on it,
- I want to defend anyone from anything,
- I want to be rich and famous.
Just think about it like playing an instrument — it's fun to do, and even better when done together. But I don't sell albums.
@deshipu I'm quite similar.
Except I do make *some* money from it and I do want to encourage people to make their software developers accountable to them.
I'd say that what you are talking about is #FreeSoftware, not #OpenSource, @deshipu
Free software is basically a #gift, born out of an #hacker's #curiosity, and shared with other hackers.
@alcinnz there's nothing wrong to make money from free software and certainly not from open source (that is actually a pretty good #marketing tool).
The problem is when people confuse the two: free software is mainly #political, as any gift is; open source is mainly #economical.
Both useful, but different.
@Shamar And I didn't meant to imply there is anything wrong with it.
We need to figure out how to do this effectively, and I haven't.
@Shamar @alcinnz I couldn't care less.