Ruby hacker proposes to quit his job and work only on OSS while living on donation money

Re:Ruby hacker proposes to quit his job and work only on OSS... by maryrosecook on Tuesday March 04, 2008 @05:17AM (#128745)

There are a number of examples of this. For instance, the guy who developed Passage, Jason Rohrer, lives entirely off donations (http://hcsoftware.sourceforge.net/jason-rohrer/supportMyWork...) and he releases all his software under the GNU GPL.

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Re:Ruby hacker proposes to quit his job and work only on OSS... by suboptimal on Tuesday March 04, 2008 @11:40AM (#128923)

Thanks for posting this; I enjoyed reading about his lifestyle:

People who are determined can Find a Way.

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