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     Most people I meet see *open-source* as "putting all your work free to the public". Do you think that I'd love it so much if that was the case?
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-    That's why I want to talk about selfish benefits of open-source, that comes first, almost always, but just a few people can see them. And that *selfish open-source* is a good thing.
+    That's why I want to talk about the selfish benefits of open-source, that come first, almost always, but just a few people can see them. And that *selfish open-source* is a good thing.
 tweet: "New Post on my Blog: Open Source is Selfish #oss #php #victim #ego"
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-There are 2 mayor views I see in open-source *a victim* and *a selfish egoist*.
+There are 2 major views I see in open-source: *a victim* and *a selfish egoist*.
 
 ## Open-Source as a Victim
 
-We had a panel discussion at [PHPLive 2018](http://www.phplive.cz/)  about pros and cons of making your code open-source and **it surprised me how negative view open-source has**. This might be related mainly to Czech & Slovak programmers, since we were raised victims by default in communism till 1993.
+We had a panel discussion at [PHPLive 2018](http://www.phplive.cz/)  about the pros and cons of making your code open-source and **it surprised me how negatively open-source is viewd**. This might be related mainly to Czech & Slovak programmers, since we were raised victims by default in communism till 1993.
 
-What I'm talking about? That open-source code is something you do for a public, in your free time. You expect them to contribute to your project in a way you expect the code to be written. You feel like a boss and you own all the keys.
+What am I talking about? That open-source code is something you do for the public, in your free time. You expect them to contribute to your project; in a way you expect the code to be written. You feel like a boss and you own all the keys.
 
-People are not listening to you, you have to raise them, you do it for them, you help them, you take care of them. You were chosen one and you know the best, because you program much longer then them, you're older and you're having at least triple of their income.
+People are not listening to you, you have to raise them, you do it for them, you help them, you take care of them. You were the chosen one and you know the best, because you have programmed for much longer than them, you're older and you earn at least triple their income.
 
 They should be thankful!
 
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 ### How Does it Work?
 
-I'm exaggerating a bit, but this can easily happen to anyone, due to *power trip effect*. It has happened to me before and I still have to be careful not to lose to strong emotions. **This is the best way to drive people away, trust me.**
+I'm exaggerating a bit, but this can easily happen to anyone, due to the *power trip effect*. It has happened to me before and I still have to be careful not to give in to strong emotions. **This is the best way to drive people away, trust me.**
 
 ## Open-Source as a Selfish Act
 
@@ -37,24 +37,24 @@ One day I was frustrated with [EasyCodingStandard](https://github.com/symplify/e
 
 Luckily I talked with Jakub and he told me very wise words (I even printed on my [love board](https://www.danpink.com/pinkcast/) later):
 
-"It's your open-source, your code, your passion, and your works. If you want to do it, do it. What is the point of doing work if it's not making you happy?"
+"It's your open-source, your code, your passion, and your work. If you want to do it, do it. What is the point of doing work if it's not making you happy?"
 
-I realized very simple point:
+I realized a very simple point:
 
 ### The Open-Source Work Has To Make You Happy
 
-And if not, I'm doing something wrong and I have to change that, or I burn out. This helped me to [push my idea](https://github.com/Symplify/Symplify/pull/660) to a PR a few days later at Epicon.
+And if not, I'm doing something wrong and I have to change that, or I will burn out. This helped me to [push my idea](https://github.com/Symplify/Symplify/pull/660) to a PR a few days later at Epicon.
 
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 ## There is More than Meets the Eye
 
-How open-sourcing makes your code grow, your company to hire great developers or you getting a super boost in programming skills?
+How does open-sourcing makes your code grow, get your company to hire great developers, or give you a super boost in programming skills?
 More posts to come on this topic.
 
 <img src="https://pehapkari.cz/assets/images/conferences/prague-2018/logo.png" class="img-thumbnail">
 
-You can't wait that long and want to challenge my points in person? I'll have a talk *Why Your Company Loses Money By Not-Open-Sourcing* on [PHPPrague](https://phpprague.cz) this Saturday. Be sure to come!
+Oh, you can't wait that long and want to challenge my points in person? I'll have a talk *Why Your Company Loses Money By Not-Open-Sourcing* on [PHPPrague](https://phpprague.cz) this Saturday. Be sure to come!
 
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