Hi, Has anybody in this list or people you know - have made money by creating open source products? I am not talking about people who earn money by providing services around someone else's effort of creating the primary, core product (say the LAMP stack). I am talking about people who are creative and made stuff from scratch. Off late I have started to have these conflicting thoughts in my mind whether this entire open source movement is made up of a small bunch of charitable people (the creators) and a huge bunch of leeches who monetize the charity.
I personally feel like a leach and have used brilliant open source apps free of cost to my benefit. I never had the time to participate seriously in giving back content to the open source pool (apart from a few donations). This is not an excuse, as I would have found time if I believed that it was my responsibility. Anybody/Organization associated with this group have a give-back policy? This is not a troll or to start a flame war. Just want to know about how you guys think. Regards, Arun http://wondroussky.blogspot.in/ "கற்றது கைமண் அளவு, கல்லாதது உலகளவு" - ஔவையார் Known is a drop, Unknown is an ocean _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
