>> the vast majority of the benefit of open source contributions on github, be they to languages, runtimes, application frameworks, databases, etc, go towards increasing the bottom line of for-profit companies, not to developers.

Which inturn creates jobs doe devlopers.

Let's face it. As a devloper. My day to day would be tough and slow without many of the free tools devlopers created for fee.

So maybe the pressure for me to contribute is just.