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[http://en.wikipedia.com/wiki/Richard_Stallman RMS] from an [http://www.hindu.com/seta/2006/08/31/stories/2006083100441500.htm interview to The Hindu]. | [http://en.wikipedia.com/wiki/Richard_Stallman RMS] from an [http://www.hindu.com/seta/2006/08/31/stories/2006083100441500.htm interview to The Hindu]. | ||
“I want to ask you why that question is worth asking. First there are many people who don't have to make money. Importantly even if a person has to make a living, he doesn't have to make a living from everything he does. Lots of people develop free software in their free time and there are people who have to make a living, and they do make a living. To jump from, this person is not rich and therefore has to work, to, this person can't write free software because he is not paid to write it, is an error. There are over a million contributors to free software, a substantial fraction is getting paid and a majority are volunteers. I suspect the reason people bring up this question of economics as a secondary detail is because they are laboring under the misconception that the free software community is impossible, unless the developers are getting paid.” | |||
Lots of people develop free software in their free time and there are people who have to make a living and they do make a living. | |||
To jump from, this person is not rich and therefore has to work, to, this person can't write free software because he is not paid to write it, is an error. | |||
There are over a million contributors to free software, a substantial fraction is getting paid and a majority are volunteers. | |||
I suspect the reason people bring up this question of economics as a secondary detail is because they are | |||
==Why contribute to Free Software?== | ==Why contribute to Free Software?== | ||