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Re: How do Free software developers get money?
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David Kastrup |
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Re: How do Free software developers get money? |
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Tue, 29 Jan 2008 23:31:53 +0100 |
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Alexander Terekhov <terekhov@web.de> writes:
> David Kastrup wrote:
>>
>> Ciaran O'Riordan <ciaran@fsfe.org> writes:
>>
>> > rjack <danw6144@insightbb.com> writes:
>> >> The pay comes from contributions to the Free Software Foundation. Just
>> >> ask Richard Stallman. He travels the world preaching the socialist
>> >
>> > Richard isn't paid by FSF. Not a salary, and not travel expenses. His
>> > hosts pay his travel costs.
>>
>> Actually, I think that quite a bit of his personal money (like grants
>> and prizes) goes into the FSF rather than the other way round.
>
> GNUeconomics!
>
> Hey Ciaran are you also sponsoring your Arbeitgeber (Free Software
> Foundation Europe) or is it the other way around in your case?
Uh, the FSF is a charity. As far as I remember, the Gates foundation is
not exactly making money for Bill Gates, either.
--
David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum
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- Re: How do Free software developers get money?, David Kastrup, 2008/01/29
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- Re: How do Free software developers get money?, Alexander Terekhov, 2008/01/29
- Re: How do Free software developers get money?, David Kastrup, 2008/01/29
- Re: How do Free software developers get money?, Alexander Terekhov, 2008/01/29
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- Re: How do Free software developers get money?, Ciaran O'Riordan, 2008/01/31