Maybe not, but they still do development based on self-interest. It's not like they're going to contribute to let´s say KDE if they have no use of it (it is an

Maybe not, but they still do development based on self-interest. It's not like they're going to contribute to let´s say KDE if they have no use of it (it is an example, I have no idea of everything they contribute to)? What I mean is it doesn't matter for what reason you're contributing to open source for. The sole thing of open sourcing code, contributing to existing projects etc is inherently a good thing. At least personally I don't give a crap about why someone creates an open source project. I am just happy people do it.