I learned a lot in my youth from using Linux systems and being able to really delve into all the internals - no hidden magic, everything available to take a look if you wanted to. As a teenager, I used to have print-outs of large parts of the core of the Linux kernel, of X Windows, and so on.

This availability of knowledge, but also the freedom that comes from free software systems, are important values for me. I want to contribute to such systems being viable, modern environments.

A secondary motivation is that for purely hobby projects, there is a chance of finding collaborators that make the project more fun to work on and advance more quickly.