> while net consumers of code (those who don’t want to give back to the community) tend to favour the latter. In other words, freeloaders. I think this is a r

> while net consumers of code (those who don’t want to give back to the community) tend to favour the latter. In other words, freeloaders. I think this is a really unfair statement - "net consumers of code ... freeloaders". While there are surely plenty of users of code who are not contributing at all, and they would be freeloaders, the phrasing "net consumers" means that some of the consumers are contributing back code, just not as much as they consume. I would wager that most end users are freeloaders (they never commit code back). I would further wager that most developers are closer to end-users. Finally, I would wager that the vast majority of developers who contribute code are net consumers, not producers. To me, it's not so surprising that a few people who put in the most public effort sometimes feel bitter that others don't carry their weight.