Many of these people are academics, doing it as their professional work--academics do seem to have that same kind of European giving mentality. Most of the oth

Many of these people are academics, doing it as their professional work--academics do seem to have that same kind of European giving mentality. Most of the others were paid by a company to do their work. Stallman though I will grant you. Even with his academic 'support' he is clearly giving heart and soul without any desire for compensation.