We're not trying to be wealthy, just comfortable. In addition, the freedom from conventional work demands is worth a significant amount to me, and I suspect the same is true for my colleague and friend in Berlin.

There is also additional revenue flow via Harrison Consoles' Mixbus, which is a separate commercial product based on Ardour. The amount that flows "directly" to Ardour is small, but the overall amount does add another person at Harrison working on the software in a mostly-full-time capacity.

Also, which market should we be aiming for when defining "market rate" ?