18F's Micro-Purchase Experiment: Why I Bid $1
Working for free is a luxury for the people not struggling to ends meet.<p>&quot;Oh, I already got paid elsewhere, but let me work for free and outbid others who are doing this as their primary job&quot; is the unstated context and it feels a tad bit smug and elitist.<p>Personally, I think that the goal should be to get paid while you work on open source. But, I know that its not an option for everyone.<p>&gt;I use open source technologies on a daily basis, and this seemed like a great opportunity to give back a little.<p>If you want to contribute to open source, then please feel free to join an open source project.