Seeking brief perspectives from contributors on ethics of open-source commercialization (student research)

Hello everyone,

My name is Aasrith, and I’m a IB Career Path student conducting a research project on the ethics of open-source software commercialization. I’m specifically exploring whether companies have an ethical responsibility to contribute back when they monetize open-source projects.

I’m not asking for technical support — only short ethical perspectives from developers or contributors who are willing to share their views. Even 1–2 sentences would be incredibly helpful.

Any responses can remain anonymous and would be cited as personal communication for academic purposes only.

If you are also willing to complete a Microsoft form, please do as it would much more helpful for my project.

Open source software survey – Fill out form

Thank you for your time, and thank you for contributing to the Godot ecosystem.

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