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| author | Janneke Nieuwenhuizen <janneke@gnu.org> | 2026-03-01 10:20:59 +0100 |
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| committer | Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org> | 2026-03-01 10:38:00 +0100 |
| commit | e9287896fc750be6a6221f5184c9e14caa51fab4 (patch) | |
| tree | c5bf06b133db104671087f02173479474d574441 | |
| parent | c9d7cb308238b16ff8e5de9885b1510f499004e7 (diff) | |
Update how_many_developers.
Message-ID: <20260301092102.5223-1-janneke@gnu.org>
| -rw-r--r-- | faq/how_many_developers.mdwn | 26 |
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diff --git a/faq/how_many_developers.mdwn b/faq/how_many_developers.mdwn index 10bd6b7f..90cae4bb 100644 --- a/faq/how_many_developers.mdwn +++ b/faq/how_many_developers.mdwn @@ -17,17 +17,23 @@ few?"]] # How Many Developers? -Literally only half a handful works on the core of the system in their free time, and another -half of handful helps with [[Debian GNU/Hurd|hurd/running/debian]] and -[[hurd/running/Arch_Hurd]] packaging. Also, an additional half of handful of former -developers are still available for answering technical questions, but are not -participating in the current development anymore. +Literally only half a handful works on the core of the system in their +free time, and another half of handful helps with and [[GNU +Guix/Hurd|hurd/running/guix]] packaging. From 2017 until 2019, also +[[hurd/running/Arch_Hurd]] was actively worked on. Also, an +additional half of handful of former developers are still available +for answering technical questions, but are not participating in the +current development anymore. -In the past (that is, a lot of years ago), the FSF did pay a few developers for -working full time on the GNU Hurd. But that was for a limited amount of time -only, and evidently, it was too little for getting the system into a -competitive state. Nowadays, it's only unpaid (apart from some -[[bounties|tag/bounty]]) and free-time volunteers' work. +In the past (that is, a lot of years ago), the FSF did pay a few +developers for working full time on the GNU Hurd. But that was for a +limited amount of time only, and evidently, it was too little for +getting the system into a competitive state. Nowadays, it's mostly +unpaid (apart from some [[bounties|tag/bounty]]) and free-time +volunteers' work, although [[NLnet|https://NLnet.n]] has +[[sponsored|https://nlnet.nl/project/Hurd-Audio/]] some +[[projects|https://nlnet.nl/project/Guix-Hurd]] recently. If you have +a good project, you could apply for funding and might get it. In contrast to the Linux kernel, there is no industry involvement in development. For one, this is a good thing: independency; no conflicts of |