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I think it being non-profit is a powerful motivator for people to work on it for free. Unlike open-source projects by companies like Microsoft (random example),

I think it being non-profit is a powerful motivator for people to work on it for free. Unlike open-source projects by companies like Microsoft (random example), where I feel like I'm doing engineering for Microsoft for free if I commit code to one of their libraries. I say this because I'm not sure what functionally is meant by "having a bit of faith in moral principles."

endorphine 3y ago
I find it a pretty powerful motivator for working on it _in general_. I mean, I'd love to work for Wikipedia. It feels like I'm participating in something to make the world a better place, as opposed to most of the for profit companies that get the hype these days.