The point of free software is to allow users to have control over the software they use. There's no inherent connection to altruism, though that is part of why

The point of free software is to allow users to have control over the software they use. There's no inherent connection to altruism, though that is part of why I open source the code that I can. Plenty of individuals and companies release open source software that requires payment. https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.en.html https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.en.html Anyway, I feel this is all tangential. My issue was mostly that the parent comment suggested that open source devs be billed for changing the software they create.