That type of pedantry is why people make fun of the free software movement. And if programmers don’t take it seriously, good luck convincing anyone else. Pick your battles.
“Product” doesn’t mean closed-source or paid, it’s simply the result of an action or process. The product of your cooking at home is a meal that feeds you. The product of your coding effort is a binary, a script, a set of files, or something else that satisfies a need. It doesn’t have to be a business need. A product that doesn’t sell or isn’t made to be sold is still a product.
“Product” doesn’t mean closed-source or paid, it’s simply the result of an action or process. The product of your cooking at home is a meal that feeds you. The product of your coding effort is a binary, a script, a set of files, or something else that satisfies a need. It doesn’t have to be a business need. A product that doesn’t sell or isn’t made to be sold is still a product.