I participate in open source mainly as a way of making my hobby projects available to others who might have similar interests, and also as a means of keeping my

I participate in open source mainly as a way of making my hobby projects available to others who might have similar interests, and also as a means of keeping my skills and knowledge up to date. I could spend my time making commercial closed source applications, but for me intellectual curiosity and sharing information (a status/gift economy) trumps the desire to make money.