I figure I will be forgotten entirely within a generation or three, but maybe my minor contributions to open source software will help folks now and in the futu

I figure I will be forgotten entirely within a generation or three, but maybe my minor contributions to open source software will help folks now and in the future solve problems. That coupled with the fact that I am standing on the shoulders of giants (whose names I mostly don't know) makes the choice to release my code freely easy. As a bonus, the more eyes there are on my code the more likely it is that I get good feedback, feedback I use to improve my skills.