The GnuPG's 2015 financial summary (balance sheet and P&L statement)[1] indicates that the author is paying himself an annual regular salary of 47,400 EUR which

The GnuPG's 2015 financial summary (balance sheet and P&L statement)[1] indicates that the author is paying himself an annual regular salary of 47,400 EUR which includes mandatory social insurance, plus some subsidized rent for (only) 2681 EUR. Note that in 2015 GnuPG also had 3 fulltime programmers on payroll for around 160K EUR. The key quote is at the bottom: "Along with the paid projects we are currently working on, the two large donations that we are expecting (from Facebook and Stripe), the Linux Foundation grant, and a small stream of individual donations, g10code will be able to operate with its current staff until the end of 2017. Obviously, we need a longer term plan." (emphasis added) [1] https://gnupg.org/blog/20160421-financial-results-2015.html https://gnupg.org/blog/20160421-financial-results-2015.html