> That's the thing - most of the contributions to big, recognisable open source
> projects like the Linux kernel, GCC or Apache _are_ paid. It isn't the minority case
> at all.
The article didn't restrict itself to just those types of open source projects. There are other open source projects too & the big recognisable open source projects are in the minority. If you count the sourceforge and github projects then Linux/gcc/apache are just statistical noise in comparison. Your examples all started as unpaid projects as well.
An article on why paid developers contribute to the handful of major open source projects would be pretty short, it's because they are paid. It really is very few people, even if their contribution seems more significant.
You only have to look at the number of people porting new android versions to old phones. After starting Cyanogenmod, Steve Kondik got a job at Samsung but left earlier this year. He was one out of dozens of people, the rest usually start because they want new software on their old phones but end up porting to phones they don't own.
Edited by smf (08/31/13 12:50 PM)
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