Yeah but it&#x27;s not like any of the authors of Git really made any money.  The people behind Github, on the other hand, made a very nice business for themselves.  It&#x27;s far from a given that if you develop Git, you can&#x2F;will develop Github.<p>I&#x27;m not making any value judgement here, just observing reality.  But I do think it&#x27;s better for society if people who create value are rewarded.  To have a business have to both create value and capture a part of it.