Are you familiar with the concept of predatory pricing (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predatory_pricing)?
Do you think it is an okay thing, applied to either brick and mortar or software?
Do you think it is an okay thing, applied to either brick and mortar or software?
No "free" software is actually free. The developers have just used some resources from elsewhere to create the product (spare time while earning a living from a daytime job also counts), and then released it for free gaining an unfair advantage over those who try to make the product development self-sustained. This is purely cheating or predatory pricing.