[bigbillheck]

> (feels wrong somehow)

If we expect others to pay for the stuff we write, we should expect to sometimes pay for the stuff others write.

[aleph_minus_one]

> If we expect others to pay for the stuff we write, we should expect to sometimes pay for the stuff others write.

I guess the ratio of people who develop freely available open source software in their spare time is quite high among the Hacker News audience. :-)

[bigbillheck]

> in their spare time

And so presumably is the proportion of people here who have day jobs reliant on people buying their work.