From what I recall, groklaw.net (by Pamela Jones) is based on donations, and PJ works as a paralegal. Florian Mueller is a paid consultant on patent issues, and

From what I recall, groklaw.net (by Pamela Jones) is based on donations, and PJ works as a paralegal. Florian Mueller is a paid consultant on patent issues, and uses FossPatents.com to get consulting/expert witness clients and this sometimes shows through in his blog. He also consults for Oracle and Microsoft.