I have a friend that wrote a unique iPhone app—related to a hobby of his. The App was a bit expensive for an iPhone app; as I recall it might have been around $

I have a friend that wrote a unique iPhone app—related to a hobby of his. The App was a bit expensive for an iPhone app; as I recall it might have been around $100. His friends wanted him to give them the app, because they were his friends. His interesting perspective was that they should be willing to pay him more for the app because he was their friend (but he was willing to sell them the app for the official price). If your friend wanted to he could gift you an interest in the start up if he wanted to. Isn’t it a kind of symmetric situation.