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malermeister on Aug 10, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Temptations of an open-source Chrome extension dev...

I can't speak for parent, but some (including myself) see writing free software as an act of charity, done just to make the world a little bit better.

In this view, trying to make money from it corrupts the noble mission.

gitgud on Aug 10, 2023 [–]

> In this view, trying to make money from it corrupts the noble mission.

Agreed, making money from charity doesn’t make sense.

Business revolves around secrecy and restrictions.

Whereas open-source revolves around transparency and freedoms…

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