I think in general it's because the ham community sees software more like hardware and less like information - it's something that you work on and make a working thing, not something you share. So closed source, and often non-free, software is common.
I think in general it's because the ham community sees software more like hardware and less like information - it's something that you work on and make a working thing, not something you share. So closed source, and often non-free, software is common.