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You'll mechanically get rewards in terms of bugs reported, paid bug fixes, paid enhancements etc. Useful software brings value to it by the virtue of being usef

by p0nce 9y ago

You'll mechanically get rewards in terms of bugs reported, paid bug fixes, paid enhancements etc. Useful software brings value to it by the virtue of being useful. There is also a mechanical incentive to contribute back, which is "not having to maintain a fork".

falcolas 9y ago
Nothing prevents the bug reports, fixes, or enhancements in a GPL/AGPL world. > Useful software brings value to it by the virtue of being useful. To be blunt, tell that to OpenSSL and ntpd. Both are broadly used and freely licensed, yet they're chronically short contributers, bug fixes, funding, etc. Being useful to others is somewhat psychologically rewarding, as are the occasional patches and bug reports. But it's not why I (and many others) open source their software.