> But then, in order to make use of the thing, you must also pay a second price. This is the effort and initiative required to gain its benefits, and it can be

> But then, in order to make use of the thing, you must also pay a second price. This is the effort and initiative required to gain its benefits, and it can be much higher than the first price. I think this is the thing people miss when saying open source software is given free and people shouldn't complain. Yes, but it requires effort to adopt and it's a liability. So when a free piece of code is published, even marketed and touted, it can create some expectation of commitment, even though the author is not obligated to provide it.