There are really a couple or three genres of open source projects: - Those which are basically just hobby projects that are coincidentally open source - Those

There are really a couple or three genres of open source projects: - Those which are basically just hobby projects that are coincidentally open source - Those which are basically commercial projects, but coincidentally open source - Those which are large, community oriented projects, with real open source dynamics The first two really don't involve much additional benefit that wouldn't be picked up elsewhere, despite legally being open source work. The last of them is where you pick up the more requisite hackeryness.