Re: Who pays Debian developement
- To: Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@meetinghouse.net>
- Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org
- Subject: Re: Who pays Debian developement
- From: Pierre-Elliott Bécue <peb@debian.org>
- Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2023 11:18:57 +0100
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Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@meetinghouse.net> wrote on 31/01/2023 at 20:53:46+0100:
> rhkramer@gmail.com wrote:
>> On Tuesday, January 31, 2023 05:34:49 AM Pierre-Elliott Bécue wrote:
>>> There are also individuals making such donations.
>>>
>>> That being said, these donations can't be used to pay a Developer for
>>> its work in the project.
>
> That being said, there are certainly developers out there, who are
> working on company time, to make contributions to Debian (and other)
> open source software. And folks at places that host the work - like
> the OSU OSL - are certainly drawing salaries from their parent
> institutions. I expect a lot of that work is grant funded.
I think you need to re-read my mail you're replying to.
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PEB
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