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Re: How do Free software developers get money?
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mike3 |
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Re: How do Free software developers get money? |
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Wed, 30 Jan 2008 14:59:48 -0800 (PST) |
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On Jan 28, 4:54 am, Ciaran O'Riordan <cia...@fsfe.org> wrote:
> mike3 <mike4...@yahoo.com> writes:
> > So then the pay would come from free software companies?
>
> Yes. Here are some
> examples:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Free_software_companies
>
> And then there's Sun, IBM, and Google who each hire quite a few free
> software developers. As does Nokia, particularly with their apparent
> upcoming acquisition of Trolltech.
>
Is the software they then develop for those companies Free software,
however?
> The Gnash project also hires quite a few, as does
> Kitware:http://fosdem.org/2008/interview/bill+hoffman
> (see last question)
>
> etc.
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