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Linus Torvalds affirms expulsion of Russian maintainers
(www.theregister.com)
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Did they get paid?
Edit: Very likely they were paid, and that's where IP addresses end and sanctions begin.
https://medium.com/@uriadonayherrera/economics-in-foss-is-paying-for-free-and-open-source-software-an-investment-or-an-expense-19f187db8d5a
Explain volunteers then.
Where did you get volunteers from?
It's about people on the maintainers list, and those are paid.
That it's open software doesn't mean people are working for free.
You made a declarative statement that nobody would work full time for free.
So explain volunteers.
Where did I make that statement?
Do you mean the article that I posted?