Get Paid for Open Source
A few days ago Sun announced that it is going to start paying developers on open source projects. Total awards will be about $1 million a year for working on open source projects such as Glass Fish, OpenOffice.org, Netbeans and more!
This is an amazing step forward for open source. It could be profitable for developers to start giving to everyone.
Check out the article at JDJ (http://java.sys-con.com/read/472223.htm)
If you're just interested in open source and what it is, check out this free online book (also available in real book form) called Innovation Happens Elsewhere at http://dreamsongs.com/IHE/