[puppybeard]

Argument which apparently led to the post: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2082965

I love how oslic describes a dev who maintains their right to say how their work is used as a "protestor". Surely putting in the hard work, and being entitled to do with it as you please, is a cornerstone of free enterprise?

In a funny way, the Open Source and related movements are rocket fuel for idealised capitalism.

The first money I made on the web after college was made using Notepad++ to build sites on a LAMP stack. I'd guess most of us have similar stories. I'm happy to give away my knowledge for free, because it's not 1% of what I've received. And it doesn't mean I do everything for free either.

I don't think anyone can seriously claim that people making free software haven't changed EVERYTHING in software, especially on the web.