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I agree to you. May be I presented the question in wrong way. I want to know in what ways we can promote "open source culture" in university students (especiall

• kstenerud 15y ago
  I would say that the best motivator for open source is the realization that you, YOU, can make a BIG difference in the world. Looking at all the big projects out there has a tendency to give one a feeling of inadequacy; a feeling that one couldn't even muster up enough talent to contribute to such a project, let alone start one. It's really a matter of putting your ego and the fear of bruising it aside, and diving in. You might produce crap and it might be rejected, or it might not get used at all. But no successful person ever succeeds without failing many times first. In a way, it's a lot like entrepreneurship. You need the fearlessness to say "I'm going to do this, no matter how foolish it seems." Great ideas always seem foolish compared to the wisdom of the crowd, but until you go in a different direction from them, nothing will ever change, and your life will remain dull and boring and pointless. Even if your idea really is foolishness (which often it can be), you'll still live the excitement of your new adventure. Life is too short to live safely.