What are consequences of considering Open source as a special kind of academic research

First of all any scientific community and it is very fragile  and can be distracted, impoverished or damaged in other ways by commercial companies especially if a lot of commercial sharks are cruising around. This question is discussed in my first paper Open Source Software Development as a Special Type of Academic Research.  I am against attempt to create an open source mythology and rally people around it (like semi organized high demand cult) that I called Raymondism. As I pointed out earlier in this FAQ that leads to the loss of credibility on the movement, and betrayal of trust of people who support it.  The main point was that ESR describes Open Source as a revolutionary phenomenon, whereas for me it is another form of scientific community. Similarly for me Linux model is not a new and revolutionary development model, but a logical continuation of the famous GNU project of the FSF -- the project with strong connections to the MIT. I am convinced that this connection was crucial to the success of GNU project like the connection to the University of Helsinki immensely helped the Linux project during early, most difficult stages.  See my commentary for details.

As I already said,  like in case of science, any serious OSS development involves certain risks and requires not only talent, but a certain courage to distance yourself from the marketplace in order not to permit marketplace to enslave you. Money is often serve to  divide people and if some get huge money some get none people get frustrated more easily. Student Linus Torvalds and millionaire Linus Torvalds are two different developers with different priorities and different abilities to attract people and this huge difference exist independently whether we want it or not.