"but if you want to turn them into businesses you have to think about business aspects." Sure. But you never established that blueflow wanted to turn the softw

"but if you want to turn them into businesses you have to think about business aspects." Sure. But you never established that blueflow wanted to turn the software into a business before rejecting the "for free" statement. For all you know, blueflow was working on a scientific research project as a retirement hobby.