> In the culture of software development, there does seem to be an ambient message often repeated or hinted at, that it is good to "give back" to open source by

> In the culture of software development, there does seem to be an ambient message often repeated or hinted at, that it is good to "give back" to open source by contributing and that it is virtuous to do so. I can't think of any civic institution I belong to that isn't constantly asking for volunteers, and riding the volunteers they have to do more. I'm not sure it's any different. Society needs volunteers, and money isn't everything.