[cr4nberry]

> This is not compatible with the statement "developers should be paid". As a developer who would like to make a living, I obviously strongly disagree with this.

If everything is free, then no one has to pay for anything. But everything isn't free. Maybe a bunch of libraries are, but do the suits know how to stitch them together (or even read the documentation)?

And even if it was all free, do you think most people would have the background or patience to sift through it all and turn it into something productive?

Public library cards are free, do you see most people going to libraries and making the most of them?

Even if all software happened to be free, most people don't have the patience to read it. Hence we have people who get paid to read it and figure out what the fuck is going on