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This is pretty much what Richard Stallman did. He acted as a consultant on GCC for organizations/businesses and charged $250/hr in 1990s dollars for the privile
by bitwize 7mo ago
This is pretty much what Richard Stallman did. He acted as a consultant on GCC for organizations/businesses and charged $250/hr in 1990s dollars for the privilege of his time and expertise. If Mr. Free Software himself put a monetary price on his brainpower, why don't you?
- robocat 7mo agoYour implication is that RMS was spending that money on himself for luxuries. Are you sure the money wasn't being charged by his foundations (or given indirectly - e.g. used for his living expenses)? Hard to know what his intentions were unless there's a link to something where he explains himself e.g. he could easily just be valuing opportunity costs.
- bitwize 7mo agoI didn't specify or imply what he spent the money on, only that he demanded compensation for his time and energy, and at quite a hefty (well-deserved) price. Whether he did that as himself or under GNU Project or FSF auspices is also immaterial for purposes of this discussion. People both for and against open source seem to believe there's an implication that developers' time is free as well, and I'm just showing that the most dogmatic advocate for free software of all believed otherwise and put those beliefs into action.