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To be fair this is not Walter Bright responding and I doubt the person saying that is saying that "everything has to be bought" rather than "you're not entitled to my free work".

And I say as someone who considers the free market must be constrained by strict and enforced rules to prevent societal negative externalities of the economic jungle.

Not being entitled is a given but healthy open source projects are driven by the passion of the community to create something they are proud of.

A prominent member of the community immediately steering the discussion towards the workload and "who is going to pay for it" is very unappealing — to me at least.

Fully agree, if you complain about some specific usability pain point you encounter as a user, you are providing valuable feedback and you shouldn't be dismissed with a handwawy "oh yeah ? Well, are you even donating ?"

It's almost an admission of guilt

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