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> People admire those who put their morals before personal gain, which is exactly what RMS has done. He's a millionaire who has people provide him with travel
by rodgerd 4y ago
> People admire those who put their morals before personal gain, which is exactly what RMS has done.
He's a millionaire who has people provide him with travel and personal assistants. I am not sure what you think he's given up.
- tsuujin 4y agoI’m always glad to see someone else look at RMS objectively.
- DonHopkins 4y agoWhere did you get the idea that he's a millionaire? Citations, please?
- rodgerd 4y agoHe won a million dollar McArthur grant and promptly purchased properly in Massachusetts with a chunk of it, and was been the owner of record for many years. It has escalated in value as you'd expect. It's not terribly hard to find the details, but dropping them directly on HN seems rather counter to the general stance on doxxing people with things like "the address of a house they own".
- DonHopkins 4y agoHe's been living off of it, and presumably paying taxes. How do you know it's been escalating in value? Citations, or retraction.