i use (and write) open source because i enjoy the feeling of participating in a combined gift economy and shared commons people are working to improve. i do agr

i use (and write) open source because i enjoy the feeling of participating in a combined gift economy and shared commons people are working to improve. i do agree that the OP experienced the worst aspects of the culture, though, and don't blame them for turning their backs on it. i also don't blame anyone for taking their own, mostly individually maintained and developed, project from open to closed for whatever reason. if the commons finds the project valuable enough someone else can always come along to fill the gap later, though it is sad to think about all the work that went into the original project.