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In article <1iqhj2INN639@ftp.UU.NET> sef@Kithrup.COM (Sean Eric Fagan) writes:
>In article <1iqervINNcp5@shelley.u.washington.edu> tzs@carson.u.washington.edu (Tim Smith) writes:
>>What is my incentive to write new GPL'ed software?  Sure, I can sell support
>>for it, but so can other programmers.  
>
>Software written by the government, in the absence of security or any other
>restrictions or licenses, is "free."  ..................
>
>Yet the government writes an incredible amount of software each year.
>
>People at the FSF write an incredible amount of software each year.  People
>at Cygnus write an incredible amount of software each year.  Other people,
>who contribute the code to the PD or the FSF, write an incredible amount
>of software each year.
>.........................................................

Ahem. What is the incentive for FSF/Cygnus people to write GPL'd software?

Do they get paid? Or do they do it out of the goodness of their hearts 
while being supported by their parents, say? 

Just being inquisitive,

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