Too often around here we're flooded with the "out for yourself" mentality, which I suppose rightly fits in with the entrepreneurial nature. I don't think this

Too often around here we're flooded with the "out for yourself" mentality, which I suppose rightly fits in with the entrepreneurial nature. I don't think this is the case at all. There is nothing in the spirit of hackerdom where "I got mine" is the standard mentality. In fact it flies in the face of OSS development where people are interested in doing something because they thought it was cool and wanted to share it. Or they found a solution to a problem everyone is having and felt that the best thing to do with it is to give it away. Saying that someone has gained something by doing charity is a very Randian point of view. Maybe PopCap thought it make them look good. Maybe they thought it would make them feel good on the inside. Or maybe they felt like doing because some kid asked and they thought, "oh, what the hell".