Does it have value to you? Then pay for it. Don't be a cheapskate. Have you *ever* donated money to an open source project? Time? Code?
No?
Then you're just a parasite. Support the projects that matter to you, one way or another, or stop whining that you're not getting something for free.
Better yet, learn the difference between 'free as in beer' and 'free as in speech'. Open source uses both philosophies, sometimes one, sometimes the other, sometimes both. Here, I'll even do the work for you, since you seem to place so little value on it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gratis_versus_libre
I would also put forth that of those free projects you listed... you definitely got what you paid for. (Open Office? Really? That's your example? Jeez. Bad clone of a bad office suite.)
Use TextMate, don't use it, I don't care... but for god's sake, don't whine that Allan put the source code out there for you to modify to fit your own needs, it just looks ridiculous.
On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 12:03 PM, kafi kkaaffii@gmail.com wrote:
Just because Im using an open source software does not mean I need to pay for it. I have been using Open Office for personal projects for the last couple of years without paying anything.
Android, CHROME, Eclipse, GIMP, TrueCrypt, Open Office, LWJGL, and hundreds of other popular open source projects are simply FREE.
Maybe you are implying that you are putting more works in TM than these other projects?!!
Here is the question for you, give me one example of a popular open source software, where I need to purchase license key for non-commercial personal use.
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