I wanted to compare the Linux Foundation compensation to other, similar organizations, so I looked them up. Here's what I found...https://twitter.com/bcantrill/status/1042615905052549123 …
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The Free Software Foundation only compensates their executive director. All other board members receive $0, even Stallman, who's noted as working an average of 60 hours per week in his role.pic.twitter.com/TlKnrp3DkD
The Apache Software Foundation only compensates their executive assistant. All board members average 4 hours a week for $0.pic.twitter.com/jUl1N4VWAV
The Python Software Foundation compensates their director of operators and treasurer. Board members receive $0 for 3 or fewer hours a week.pic.twitter.com/UNRKOrOpfX
The Perl Foundation (Yet Another Society) does not compensate anyone (the most average hours per week reported is 5).pic.twitter.com/BcRRKiV1j1
Ruby Central provides a small amount of compensation for their board members (who appear to work more hours on average than board members at other, similar organizations), and their administrators are compensated for the work they do (15 hours averaged per week).pic.twitter.com/BW3wZeIk8q
The JS Foundation (who uses the Linux Foundation for management services, btw, paying them over $100K a year) does not compensate board members or key people, whom they note as averaging only 1 hour per week.pic.twitter.com/T92RlkHuVO
I'm only presenting this as data. I'm not making any judgement calls on it. Each non-profit organization and open source community has their own ideals and philosophies regarding these things.
The compensation for the board members at the Linux Foundation is also $0 (except for the executive director).pic.twitter.com/1YBVklf8Tb
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