This is an interesting and weird comment. I'm the exact opposite of a communist or socialist, but I love contributing to open source. And I certainly don't see

This is an interesting and weird comment. I'm the exact opposite of a communist or socialist, but I love contributing to open source. And I certainly don't see open source as communist. (I don't see it as opposite to communism either.) I think there is a rather large distinction between "contributing to the common good" and advocating communism, which is a political philosophy. I think whether you want to help others is wholly independent from your political philosophy.