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So then would you be happy working X number of hours of your 40 hour work week for 'anyone' without pay? You are after all 'sharing' your skills with someone e

• rubinelli 15y ago
  Yeah, this sharing is called open source. This site and tens of millions of other sites wouldn't exist without it.
  • batista 15y ago
    Only "open source" != not getting paid. Now, to rephrase the question, if you worked for a year on something with the expectation to sell it, would you be happy to see it "shared" freely by others? Also, we were told that sharing our stuff is a good thing -- not that sharing other's people stuff aainst their will is a good thing.
• exim 15y ago
  There are three kinds of people: 1. Those who pay for copyable things 2. Those who don't 3. Those who pay if they can't find shared one. The percentage of 3rd is rather misere. One example: In my country, Windows is std de facto OS, because no one pays for it. If it weren't available, no one would use it. i.e. it is not a loss for MS. It is actually advantage, because MS can enforce govermental or commercial structures to pay for it.
  • DanBC 15y ago
    You forgot 4. Those who want to pay, but will pirate if there's no option to pay.