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> it is ridiculous to write code and then lock it behind a vault door and treat it like liquid gold when other people could benefit from it This isn't "ridicul
by csense 12y ago
> it is ridiculous to write code and then lock it behind a vault door and treat it like liquid gold when other people could benefit from it
This isn't "ridiculous". If other people could benefit from the code in question, it seems like at least some of them might be willing to pay for it. Why throw open your vault doors to the public for free when you can charge admission and there are people who want what's inside badly enough to pay?
- coderzach 12y agoBecause the people who need contract development probably aren't the same people who would sell software libraries. Twitter, Facebook, et al, could probably make money off of all the stuff they open source. But they don't, because it's not their business.