From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Dec 24 13:28:27 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA22211 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 24 Dec 1998 13:28:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from flood.ping.uio.no (flood.ping.uio.no [129.240.78.31]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA22204 for ; Thu, 24 Dec 1998 13:28:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from des@flood.ping.uio.no) Received: (from des@localhost) by flood.ping.uio.no (8.9.1/8.9.1) id WAA76284; Thu, 24 Dec 1998 22:28:06 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from des) To: Don.Read@calcasieu.com Cc: EDP@calcasieu.com, x1219 , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How do you get paid References: <9812241915.AA25576@oak.austin.calcasieu.com> From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav Date: 24 Dec 1998 22:28:04 +0100 In-Reply-To: Don.Read@calcasieu.com, EDP@calcasieu.com, x1219's message of "Thu, 24 Dec 1998 13:15:54 -0600 (CST)" Message-ID: Lines: 27 X-Mailer: Gnus v5.5/Emacs 19.34 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Don.Read@calcasieu.com, EDP@calcasieu.com, x1219 writes: > DES sez: > > Will Cook writes: > > > If BSD is free, how do you get paid? > > Most of us don't. > > My employer and I have an agreement wher i'll take care of the > computers and he gives me a check. > I'm quite sure Will was asking how the FreeBSD developers get paid for their work. Last I checked, you weren't a committer, so your answer is not relevant to the question. [someone in Core may want to correct me if the following paragraph is incorrect] I know of only three FreeBSD developers who get paid directly for their involvment in developing FreeBSD. There are many cases where people do FreeBSD work for their employer which they then contribute back to the Project, and a few cases of people getting hired as consultants by WC to perform specific, well-defined tasks (e.g. Kirk McKusick for fixing fs bugs), but the rest of us do it for free. DES -- Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@flood.ping.uio.no To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message