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> I think that it's entirely inappropriate to extract that much from the donations. You know, that Stallman lived for years out of donations? And no one was op
by monkin 7y ago
> I think that it's entirely inappropriate to extract that much from the donations.
You know, that Stallman lived for years out of donations? And no one was opposite of that. It also worked for WikiMedia etc. It's great business model but people need to stop looking on non-profits like that next corporation. They require far more work and I think leaders of such projects should be compensated well. :)
- luckylion 7y agoTo be fair, there's a difference between getting a salary from donations and getting 40x the average income from donations.
- red2awn 7y agoBut the value he provides to the world is (in my opinion) more than 40x the average person.
- mikekchar 7y agoTo be even more fair, RMS received hundreds of thousands of dollars in prizes (MacArthur and Takeda awards just to name 2) for the work he did and as far as I can tell he plowed it all back into the FSF. I couldn't quite figure out what he was paid for his work at the FSF, but I'd be fairly surprised if it was substantially more than what he donated himself.