Well, I know your point, but I don't totally agree with it. Usually the wishes of the consumers are much more important than what the developer likes.
Define "important" please.
What is important is: lines of code. And if you cannot see by now that
lines of code come from corporate contributors, I will try again, one
last time.
I am curious about a couple of things:
1) what code have you contributed to Kicad that was not for your own
benefit and driven by your own needs? Or asked differently, what code
have you contributed to Kicad which was motiviated 100 % selflessly, and
was code for which you had no need? (If the user is more important than
what the developer likes, then it seems you should simply stand ready at
you computer answering email and writing code for others, not for yourself.)
2) Do you write code while on company time?
3) When working on company time, are you working for free? i.e. do you
tell your employer, don't pay me while I work on Kicad?
4) if 2) is a yes, and 3) is a no, then who is paying for the
contributions to Kicad?
=> If 2) is a yes, and 3) is a no, then you are precisely the kind of
contributor that we want and need for Kicad.
This old man thinks he understands economics. Maybe he is a fool.
I guess your licensing concern cannot be articulated?
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