<div dir="auto">This entire mode of discussion is really stupid. David is one of the most active members of this email list and regularly helps out others. A lot of people on this list sell stuff they make, and that is what makes this group so valuable - getting feedback, advice and opinions from professionals in the industry.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">To think that you can never ask a question about something that might become a commercial product defeats the purpose of this list. Over half the people in the list would have to reason to be a part of this group and answer any questions.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Let's never discuss this nonsense again and be glad for the opportunity to both help and receive help on projects, whether commercial or not.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">-Jacob Watters</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Sat, Oct 6, 2018, 8:52 AM , <<a href="mailto:mskala@ansuz.sooke.bc.ca">mskala@ansuz.sooke.bc.ca</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On Sat, 6 Oct 2018, Stephan Vladimir Bugaj wrote:<br>
> But in my previous software engineering life I was on many forums over<br>
> many decades — from old IRC channels to Stack Overflow and everything in<br>
> between — and folks on those forums answered questions that might help<br>
> with someone’s commercial projects without issue, because they know that<br>
> answering a few questions is paid back by having your own questions<br>
> answered.<br>
><br>
> Why would that be different here?<br>
<br>
I don't know the reason, but it does seem to be a very common opinion in<br>
our community that it's somehow *immoral* to make a profit building<br>
synthesizers. Those who haven't tried also seem to have an inflated idea<br>
of to what extent it's *possible* to make a profit building synthesizers.<br>
Maybe this is just an aspect of the general popular view that "ideas" have<br>
significant value in comparison to the work of implementing them.<br>
<br>
I think the more interesting moral question is whether we ought to answer<br>
people's school homework. It's not clear whether that's really doing<br>
them a favour.<br>
<br>
-- <br>
Matthew Skala<br>
<a href="mailto:mskala@ansuz.sooke.bc.ca" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">mskala@ansuz.sooke.bc.ca</a> People before tribes.<br>
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