So what encourages the developer to develop code if there is no payment to the developer?
Why are there amateur musicians who perform without being paid for it?
* Playing music is fun, payment or not.
* They want to compose their own music that they'll like better than existing compositions.
* They want to perform with their friends.
* Or, they want to perform *for* their friends.
* Members of the appropriate sex like musicians.
So, similarly with programming:
* Programming is fun.
* Existing programs may not do what I want, so I'll write my own.
* Collaborating with other programmers is fun.
* Since I've written the code, why not give it away in case someone else finds it useful?
* Here the analogy suddenly breaks down.
--amk
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