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by justinclift 805 days ago
> there are no poor FOSS contributors either.

How sure about that are you?

Asking because there seem to have been plenty of posts over the years from people working on OSS stuff, who are or have faced financial difficulties.

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many troubled people who have experienced homelessness and addiction as well, but if you are committing code to projects that people use, you are separate and a part of a rich community
Ahhh, I misunderstood your usage of the poor/rich terms there. You're not meaning financially. :)