Being a happy Linux user I'll turn the question around and ask why should I pay for software when I can have a machine that does everything I want for nothing? I don't game and I don't use anything fancy. The 'doze programs I use are all freeware too and run under WINE. I don't know what it is so that I can do this. It's not as though I refuse to pay, it is that others chose not to ask for payment for their (often considerable) labour. If knowing that people are happily using their creation is reward enough I'm happy to provide it.
