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At least in Germany, they are not professionals working unpaid. They are just volunteers with other jobs. Not really comparable.

• Hamuko 3y ago
  Not everyone in open source is a professional software engineer.
• mminer237 3y ago
  In many smaller communities, at least in the US, they are just volunteers with other jobs, but they still have to do hundreds of hours of training each year to keep all the certifications.