Two things come to mind... 1. You can learn from a community without giving back to it. 2. It's not really a developers choice if their work is locked in a pr

Two things come to mind... 1. You can learn from a community without giving back to it. 2. It's not really a developers choice if their work is locked in a proprietary binary. That decision was made by their employer, and the only thing the developer can do is get another job (which isn't something most people will consider).