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How much do FSF employees do these days? I was under the impression that most of the pronto FSF projects (GCC, gnome) are worked on mostly by outsiders (redhat
by greenhouse_gas 9y ago
How much do FSF employees do these days? I was under the impression that most of the pronto FSF projects (GCC, gnome) are worked on mostly by outsiders (redhat and others)
- dublinben 9y agoOne of the more important roles of the FSF is to provide the technical and legal infrastructure for the GNU project, and all programs that live under it. They are not focused on directly employing programmers.
- LukeShu 9y agoFWIW, the lead developer of Trisquel is employed by the FSF, though working on Trisquel isn't part of his job duties.
- MilnerRoute 9y agoThey also provide the FSF "Respects Your Freedom" certification to hardware that meets their rigid standards. This year they added a handful of new products. I feel like they're doing some truly good work for us all.