[smashed]

Why so harsh?

I'm not advocating in doing it for the exposure as a primary reason. And absolutely not to be paid in exposure. 100% agree with the comic there.

I should not have used that word. It is clearly charged with negativity.

Of course I wish everyone would be compensated for their work. I feel that for some types of project, publishing as open source is a great way for people to find and use it. This can give new opportunities.

Exactly which kind of project and under which conditions is up to debate.

I have worked on a few projects that I regret not being able to open source. Mainly not my choice, stakeholders wanted traditional go to market strategies and failed/ran out of money trying to make sales. I can't help but thinking what other opportunities could have arisen have we chose another strategy.

[kunzhi]

Thanks for your reply. Yep, you got me with that word. Exposure has become totally toxic to me, just like "merit."