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Old 04-03-2008, 12:36 PM   #25
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Originally Posted by pilotbob View Post
So untrue. "FREE" or "OPEN SOURCE" software is written be people with 1. a passion for programming and 2. a passion for the software they are contributing to. So, the "compensation" of contributing to an open source software project is the ability to use that software.
2 is not a necessary condition. I wrote MobiPerl just because was so fun to write and it could be useful for people. That I can use the program was and is not a factor.
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