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I never understood the point of FOSS. Giving away your valuable work for free, undermining other software developers (who would have liked to have a job doing t

by jnash 5y ago

I never understood the point of FOSS. Giving away your valuable work for free, undermining other software developers (who would have liked to have a job doing the work) and then feel bitter that nobody appreciates your work or pay you enough. Why would anybody do that to themselves? It makes no sense. I personally have lots of fun writing software in my spare time. But I don't open source it. I don't want the hassle. I have enough of that dealing with customer at work thank you very much. And I have no need to virtue signal to my peers or prove anything to anybody.

Bancakes 5y ago
That's why nobody uses your stuff, I guess.
- jnash 5y ago
  Lots of people use my stuff professionally. Millions have used my code in the past (I used to be a game development). But the difference is that they pay me. Much better.