SD Times - The Changing Face of Open Source

SD Times - The Changing Face of Open Source: "First, the reality. Open-source programming today is almost entirely a commercial affair. On most projects, the majority of the code is written by full-time developers whose employers are interested in providing support to a specific project.
Earlier this year, I attempted to find out exactly how much these paid developers contribute when compared with independent contributors. I spoke with Marc Fleury, who heads up JBoss, the now-company that once built a full J2EE suite using the old-style community model with Fleury leading the effort. He told me that today, no more than 1 percent of the code comes from independent developers."

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