When i announced the release of NSELib, this was also discussed in the Linux community (for example in the newsgroup comp.os.linux.advocacy).
This is the type of remarks i read:
- Just imagine that, they ask money for it!
- Hey have you seen that? They provide source code. Within a few days you can download it all from the internet.
- This guy probably doesn't know what he is talking about anyway.
In other words, the normal way of thinking in the linux world seem to go like this:
- Software should be free. Programmers should work for free. If they want to get paid to do their work, they are thieves.
- Don't expect anyone to be honest. After all i'm not honest myself: I steal software as much as possible. So why shouldn't everyone else?
- Someone who is not known in our community as a "good guy" should never be trusted.
I wonder how Linux will ever gain credibiity if this is how their "advocates" are behaving?