The incremental cost of a carpenter giving away an extra table is the cost of the time and materials needed to build that table. The incremental cost if duplic

The incremental cost of a carpenter giving away an extra table is the cost of the time and materials needed to build that table. The incremental cost if duplicating and giving away a piece of software is nothing at all. If you want to be generous to the world, open source is an incredibly cost effective way to do that! (I remain extremely interested in ways we can ensure open source developers do get compensated for the huge amount of value they put out into the world, but that's the key difference between carpenters and software developers.)