One of the things that I think people have a hard time grasping is that for a lot of software, the marginal cost of a user is approximately zero. People get stuck in a scarcity mindset and get really upset at the notion of freeloaders getting away with something.
This is in sharp contrast to the abundance mindset you see in most open-source software. How many people are Linux freeloaders or Mozilla freeloaders or Gnu freeloaders? Hundreds of millions, and once you count devices, maybe billions. But as long as those outfits can pay the bills, they don't care.
The funny part to me is that so many people trapped in scarcity thinking only care about getting paid, not paying others. How many of those people trying to capture every dollar of generated value are using open-source tools in what they're selling without giving back? Most of them, I'm sure.
One of the things that I think people have a hard time grasping is that for a lot of software, the marginal cost of a user is approximately zero. People get stuck in a scarcity mindset and get really upset at the notion of freeloaders getting away with something.
This is in sharp contrast to the abundance mindset you see in most open-source software. How many people are Linux freeloaders or Mozilla freeloaders or Gnu freeloaders? Hundreds of millions, and once you count devices, maybe billions. But as long as those outfits can pay the bills, they don't care.
The funny part to me is that so many people trapped in scarcity thinking only care about getting paid, not paying others. How many of those people trying to capture every dollar of generated value are using open-source tools in what they're selling without giving back? Most of them, I'm sure.