On Wed, Dec 26, 2012 at 8:59 PM, Steve Richfield <[email protected]> wrote: > I suspect that you could be doing the same, so that you and the other > contributors could make some money from your developments. After all, what is > the value of "open source" to those who don't participate? Nothing. However, > you must sacrifice the entire value of your efforts to feed them nothing.
The value of open source is promoting your skills. As a result of writing data compression software and giving it away, I work at home and get paid over 10 times what I need, doing essentially my hobby. -- -- Matt Mahoney, [email protected] ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/21088071-f452e424 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21088071&id_secret=21088071-58d57657 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
