You are not being taken for a ride.  You contribute with your eyes open as to the situation.  You know you are not going to be compensated monetarily, and choose to do so anyway.  Thus, you presumably do it for other reasons.  Numerous people have explained their motivations.

Everything I do in life is not about money.  Should I only read books if someone pays me to do it?  No -- by reading the book, I get enjoyment and better myself.  The same things I can achieve by contributing to an open source project.  And in both cases, someone else benefits monetarily, assuming I paid for the book.

Anyone who feels the way you do is free to charge for all of their software.

I don't understand why contributors would complain about this..  But then, it seems like the contributors aren't the ones complaining...

On 10/20/06, Mark Norton <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:

The whole point of this thread is to point out to people working with
Open Source that you are being taken for a ride if you do not receive
commercial recompense for your efforts. If you do not own your home,
why not? If you still have a mortgage, why? If you need to borrow money
for anything, why?


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