Comment by SlinkyOnStairs

> Whether he is set for life or not has nothing to do _in this context_, since, presumably, people who open source their code do not care about profit.

What's your point here? Because whether or not someone needs income to pay their bills is MASSIVELY relevant to whether or not they have to care about the profit on their work.

The bulk of Open Source maintainers aren't "set for life", and need to get a real job in order to not be homeless.