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by radicsge 3398 days ago
It's not always charity, some opensource to have co-maintainers, some opensource to show his achievement and put into his resume. Some opensource because then they can build something together as a community so he can also use it in the next-release (..instead of patching his version). etc.
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You are right. My soup kitchen metaphor still stands (IMO).