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[–] cbarrick@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

These are volunteers that work for free, right?

Some are working for free, sure. But mainly GNOME is developed by Red Hat and Canonical, afaict.

Florian Müllner is a Red Hat employee.

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[–] isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago

Yes, however most GNOME developers are not RedHat / Canonical employees.

Even those that do work for those companies should be treated with dignity. GNOME is free of charge, and no one is obligated to use GNOME.

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