Well, by reading this comment without paying me any money, you have deprived me of money. In fact, by merely existing without giving me money, you continuelly deprive me of said money.
Hello!!! The choice was yours. You should have put the comment in a book (or syndicated an ebook)and had it published, (charging $39.99 for it). That is the way to get money.
OTOH, you elected to post it in a forum where there is no remuneration. That was again your call!
Well, in the middle of all this, I think we are forgetting the basics of economic activity. We have to eat. We have to support families, we have to provide. It is quite unlikely that I'll invest my time (which carries an opportunity cost) in doing something, which doesn't further these goals.
Oh sure, some things will be done for the fun of it, as in a hobby. But does anyone want to compare the quality of things done free vs. things done for money? (Hold it!!! I'm coming to Open Source.) Is Slash a better guitarist than the school band's six-string plucker? Why doesn't Slash compose/play for free? Because, his guitar is his living. Just as I (and most of us) drive to work in the mornings, he plays the guitar!!! I don't hear anyone suggesting that all of us should work for free.
OK, once decided that Slash plays his guitar to earn money, why not charge only once and let everyone else make clones of it? It doesn't cause Slash to do any extra work. Well, if more and more people buy Slash's music, he'll get more money. If anyone thinks, his music is not worth the price, they are welcome to stay away.
Open source is done mainly by people who do it as a hobby, while maintaining steady jobs at some commercial outfit or the other. Think all the people who contributed to Linux can make a living of it? No. They have to work, developing commercial software for some money-minded corporation. That's where the gravy comes from.
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Hello!!! The choice was yours. You should have put the comment in a book (or syndicated an ebook)and had it published, (charging $39.99 for it). That is the way to get money.
OTOH, you elected to post it in a forum where there is no remuneration. That was again your call!
Oh sure, some things will be done for the fun of it, as in a hobby. But does anyone want to compare the quality of things done free vs. things done for money? (Hold it!!! I'm coming to Open Source.) Is Slash a better guitarist than the school band's six-string plucker? Why doesn't Slash compose/play for free? Because, his guitar is his living. Just as I (and most of us) drive to work in the mornings, he plays the guitar!!! I don't hear anyone suggesting that all of us should work for free.
OK, once decided that Slash plays his guitar to earn money, why not charge only once and let everyone else make clones of it? It doesn't cause Slash to do any extra work. Well, if more and more people buy Slash's music, he'll get more money. If anyone thinks, his music is not worth the price, they are welcome to stay away.
Open source is done mainly by people who do it as a hobby, while maintaining steady jobs at some commercial outfit or the other. Think all the people who contributed to Linux can make a living of it? No. They have to work, developing commercial software for some money-minded corporation. That's where the gravy comes from.