[Dylan16807]

> Why would money be the only value, that is a really sad view on life.

Good thing nobody said that.

> The developer gets joy and gratitude,

Your average free software doesn't get very much joy and gratitude back from users either.

> they can live a happy life. Why bring money into it. Money does not make happy.

If the implication was too subtle, the idea is that when you spend a lot of time making something valuable, it should go towards obtaining food and shelter and the other benefits of a living wage.

And those things do make happy.

[q87b]

The post I replied to clearly equals value with money.

[Dylan16807]

It connects them, it doesn't say they're the same.

Money is an important type of value, especially the context of labor.

And, let me phrase this very precisely: there isn't an obvious non-monetary value they're getting back that comes close to the effort they put in.

You mentioned joy and gratitude but again I'm not sure how much of that they get back in this situation, plus there is the flip side of lots of complaints.