> I don't understand why you consider restricting commercial use of my work
without my permission something unethical.
Because it's not your place to tell me what I can do with my property.
Nabisco sells chocolate chip cookies (Chips Ahoy). It is my right to do the
same with my own chocolate chip cookies if I choose to do so. It is also my
right to give away chocolate chip cookies. It is not Nabisco's right to tell
me that I'm not allowed to sell chocolate chip cookies because that takes
away sales from them.
Conversely, it is not my right to tell Nabisco that they can't sell chocolate
chip cookies because no one will buy mine.
It's the same here with copies of works. If I have a copy of a work on my
computer, I should have the right to use it to make my copies of the work,
and then I should have a right to distribute them to whomever I please,
whether commercial or not.
> The guy that copy your work pay some advertisement so the name that he
created for your game grows in popularity. In the end you did all the work
and receive $50/month while the another guy that simply copy your work is
making $2000/month and living from your work. Can you still put a happy face
and say that everything is as it should?
Yes. I would be exceptionally happy about that. Why would I be unhappy that
thousands of people are playing a game I developed? Seeing people enjoying
and appreciating my work is one of my favorite pleasures in life!
Not only that, your evil boogie man would benefit me by making my work more
well-known. He would be making it much easier for me to land a nice
programming job elsewhere, or attract people to a crowdfunding campaign. It's
not a matter of "he wins, I lose".
