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I love it when I spend time writing open source software that people use for free. If a business uses it and earns money because of it, I'm even more delighted.

If you choose to put something creative out into the ether, you should have the expectation that if it's good there are going to be copies and other derivations. If you can't stomach this or can't afford legal counsel to enforce your IP, keep your creative works off the Internet.

The world is a better place because of "unsolicited collaboration".




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