I'm still trying to get an FAQ up for questions like that, Justin. THe short and the long of it is, I ask for volunteer contributions, and I receiveth a bounty.
I'm hoping one day to be generating revenue either from advertising in MODERNIZED or from future products so that I'll be able to pay these wonderful contributors for their work. It's one of the goals we're working towards.
I just want to make mention: while their names appear over their respective articles, Curtis Owings and Harold R. Nichols, Jr. were left off the main Contributors page by accident. When my graphic designer's laptop frees up again, I will rectify this mistake and release an updated version of the file.