Henry Fisher<p>People often ask me when <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://dindon.one/@mastogram" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mastogram</span></a></span> will become OpenSource. And when they hear my answer — "never" — their reactions are always amusing. First comes the inevitable "why?", followed by, sometimes, outright indignation: "That's not right!" I usually finish them off with a "joke" about introducing premium features.</p><p>The funniest part is that those advocating for open-source are almost always software developers — the very same people who go to work and get paid a nice salary for their efforts. And every time, a loud question pops into my head: why on earth should I write my code for free or stand around with a crypto-wallet in hand, begging for spare change?</p><p>It’s easy to play the office Che Guevara when your paycheck is guaranteed! To those “revolutionaries,” I have just one suggestion: quit your job and test your commitment to pure, unadulterated altruism. No hypocrisy allowed.</p><p><a href="https://dindon.one/tags/OpenSourceDebate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSourceDebate</span></a><br><a href="https://dindon.one/tags/SoftwareDevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SoftwareDevelopment</span></a><br><a href="https://dindon.one/tags/DevLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DevLife</span></a><br><a href="https://dindon.one/tags/CodeEthics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CodeEthics</span></a><br><a href="https://dindon.one/tags/PremiumFeatures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PremiumFeatures</span></a><br><a href="https://dindon.one/tags/AltruismVsReality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AltruismVsReality</span></a><br><a href="https://dindon.one/tags/TechPhilosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechPhilosophy</span></a><br><a href="https://dindon.one/tags/DevHumor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DevHumor</span></a><br><a href="https://dindon.one/tags/WorkAndWorth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorkAndWorth</span></a><br><a href="https://dindon.one/tags/OfficeCheGuevara" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OfficeCheGuevara</span></a><br><a href="https://dindon.one/tags/notg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>notg</span></a></p>