Open source is not driven by crowd sourcing or collective effort, it's driven by a small number of heroes willing to devote time in order to benefit everyone el

Open source is not driven by crowd sourcing or collective effort, it's driven by a small number of heroes willing to devote time in order to benefit everyone else. I agree completely. It is worth noting that this is true of mast crowd sourced projects though. A small cadre of devotees put in heroic effort and then a larger group contributes now and then, and everyone else either contributes nothing or some money.