@mangeurdenuage @JoseMariaHDZ Yes, because the FSF is a charity, they have to submit tax filings as to how much employees get paid; https://www.fsf.org/about/financial

As you can see here; https://static.fsf.org/nosvn/financial-statements/Form990-FY2022.pdf the only employees who made a wage in 2022 are; John Sullivan, Zoe Kooyman and John Hsieh.

As far as I can tell, that could be the pre-tax wage and is possibly below the typical wage as to what a competent Executive Director and Deputy Director would get in such role.

Looking at the current staff and board, it appears that the individuals currently receiving a wage are all women, carrying out the job they were hired to do at the standard wage - but the IRS needs to actually process the tax filings from 2023 and soon 2024 before that can be determined; https://www.fsf.org/about/staff-and-board/

It appears that most of those working at the FSF are indeed doing all of this good things for love without payment - very much so including rms - as although he could have received a wage, he determined that he didn't need one and therefore never received one.


Now, why don't we take a look at the financial records of the Linux foundation, to see what wages the staff got for running macos?