We need to understand that open source contributors "working for free" is not in the context of market norms. There are experiments[0] indicating that people wh

We need to understand that open source contributors "working for free" is not in the context of market norms. There are experiments[0] indicating that people who work for free adhere to social norms and they do a far more fantastic job from what they would have when they get paid to do the same work. I myself am an open source contributor working for free and I do it to the best of my abilities even though its "free". [0] Predictably Irrational - Chapter on The cost of Social Norms.