so people who develop software and give it away free are good, but charging money to package and sell add on features is bad... But people who write code for money are bad...
I am seeing a logical disconnect here
(not you personally Gold... but the Linux fanatics here are like liberals in their fanatic zeal)
so people who develop software and give it away free are good, but charging money to package and sell add on features is bad... But people who write code for money are bad... I think you are a little confused. At least as far as I understand you. You are thinking free as in beer, where most Linux users want free as in speech. We like to be able to look at the code, change and update it to suit our needs/wants. Whether the author sells his code or gives it away makes very little difference to me. Personally, I'd rather they sell it--but if giving it away suits them, then I have no quarrel with it.