Via Negativa, 22. april 2009 ― How much stuff do you do for free? We've all been there... Doing something just for the love of it, because it represents a challenge, trying to help people out, working to obtain new skills or to gain respect in a community. This trend is well known in both software and academics. Thousands of coders from around the world have built (and are building) systems that can achieve a lot more than corporate software created by industry giants. How can a home made aircraft shoot down an F-18 ? Passion. People doing stuff because they love to, not because they have to.