> Then the author can see "hey I can save the shareholders of some random corporation 8 billion dollars if I make it harder for myself to release software". Tha

> Then the author can see "hey I can save the shareholders of some random corporation 8 billion dollars if I make it harder for myself to release software". That's a better incentive than "because I told you to". To be quite honest, I would rather the shareholders of some random corporation do lose 8 billion dollars. In fact, I would be willing to pay a small amount to see it.