Thread: The cohesive community: from talking to doing
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2009-01-12 , 05:58
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#40
Originally Posted by lma View Post
There's a much more important (IMHO) one: scratching an itch. People contributing to Free software on their own time generally do so because they can enjoy the fruits of their labour immediately on their own computers.
It is true but only partially so. Depending on the effort required to scratch an itch and the frequency of the event, you either try to fix it or you move to a platform that does not itch that often (and this can be highly personal for we all itch at different spots). So, yes, an itch can motivate you, but only this far.
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