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Stallman detests wealth

He travels the world as a free software evangelist

Which came first, the chicken or the egg?

Does he detest wealth because he is a free software evangelist?

Or is he a free software evangelist because he never figured out how to become wealthy himself?

He was successfully charging $250/hour as a software consultant prior to taking up his "evangelist" role full-time. I think he could be quite wealthy if he were to attempt to be.

Stallman is the recipient of a MacArthur Foundation grant, that's a cool $1M.

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