This is something that would be personally valuable for me. He could just as easily build this and sell it on the App Store; I'd buy it too. Instead I'll donate

This is something that would be personally valuable for me. He could just as easily build this and sell it on the App Store; I'd buy it too. Instead I'll donate so you can get it for free. Who says OSS has to be all about altruism and self-sacrifice? Btw.. http://railsinstaller.org/ http://railsinstaller.org/ was funded by EngineYard... I'm not sure I see the difference?