>Having thousands of people working on I get what you mean, but let's just clarify what happens with free software: thousands of people are eligible to contrib

>Having thousands of people working on I get what you mean, but let's just clarify what happens with free software: thousands of people are eligible to contribute hassle-free if they want to, some people help by filing bugs and minor fixes, and maybe sometimes a few people actually contribute great things you wouldn't have managed to do and the software may thus become much better.