open source yeah.. but the real reason open source works out is because of the free licenses. Free as in beer and freedom. If its not free, not everyone will u

open source yeah.. but the real reason open source works out is because of the free licenses. Free as in beer and freedom. If its not free, not everyone will use, test, expand it. That shouldn't stop anybody from donating of course. But donating is not a _required_ payment. I personally donate to projects I like from time to time, expecting it covers the infrastructure costs, but never expecting it pays somebody to code for it. I think the author simply wants to express his frustration, because some projects he likes died, or because he expected to get money/investors in his open source projects. Guess what. All the big open source projects which started the movement were given away with NO expectation. THAT is what made open source successful. The free sharing of knowledge.