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Re:RMS addresses the free software community by javagram on Monday April 12, 2021 @12:17PM (#26781208)
He has given paid talks for the last decade or two I believe.

Considering he was sleeping on a mattress in a MIT office, hopefully he saved a good portion of that in a bank account. He will also be eligible for social security and Medicare at his age, assuming he had enough working years in the social security system to qualify.

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Re:RMS addresses the free software community by amelius on Monday April 12, 2021 @12:48PM (#26781703)
It's kind of sad given that probably all the FAANG companies wouldn't exist (yet) if it wasn't for his work.
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Re:RMS addresses the free software community by madpata on Monday April 12, 2021 @04:16PM (#26784592)
You make it sound like only RMS' contributions were significant for our current state of software.

There are a lot of people with significant contributions without which the world wouldn't be in its current state.

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Re:RMS addresses the free software community by amelius on Monday April 12, 2021 @04:57PM (#26785076)
Yes, but RMS seems to be at the root of it all.

For example, Linux depends on gcc and binutils and other GNU software, and many other software does.

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