About doing this for free: thought the same. Receiving money might even complicate things wrt tax or other employment contracts. I wonder if they'd allow one

About doing this for free: thought the same. Receiving money might even complicate things wrt tax or other employment contracts. I wonder if they'd allow one to surrender any payments, instead having them directly donated to EFF, FSF or other non-profit organizations that are fighting with or are endangered by (software) patents.