Re: GPL vs. sweatshops (was Re: Bias)

On Tue, 11 Jun 2002 16:15:11 -0400 (EDT), "Deven T. Corzine"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>On Tue, 11 Jun 2002, Steve Langasek wrote:
>
>> Do you have hard numbers to show that programmers who work on proprietary
>> software are better compensated than those that work on Open Source
>> software?  For that matter, do you have any evidence that Open Source
>> programmers are *undercompensated* by any standard?
>
>Well, considering many Open Source programmers donate their time for free, 
>it stands to reason that ZERO is indeed undercompensation.  They may do it 
>of their own free will, but it remains true that volunteers don't get paid 
>what their efforts are worth.

Clearly, though, people doing that work feel compensated in some way,
else why would they continue? Maybe, for them, "pay" is not the sole
measure of recompense.

john alvord