Talk:Open Source

Jeff West I found an interesting article on the effect rewarding people has on their creativity: http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/motivation.html. Through various experiments, the author managed to convince me that people tend to be more creative when they see the creative work itself as a motivator instead of some reward (i.e. money) as a motivator. Perhaps it would be interesting to note how many open source programmers view coding as a hobby which they enjoy simply for the sake of coding. In addition, there are still ways to get rewards for open source programming (the ability to "show off" to others in the open-source community and gain a sense of self-worth, the "support-sale" product model, using open-source to advertise your abilities as a contractor).