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>>jashke+(OP)
> We take some of what we earn, money that could e.g. go into our retirement savings and instead use it to hire people to work on Clojure and community outreach, some full-time. To be honest, I could use that money in my retirement account, having depleted it to make Clojure in the first place. But I love working with the team on Clojure, and am proud of the work we do.

... and then this...

> Open source is a no-strings-attached gift, and all participants should recognize it as such.

Is control of the closure project part of lead dev's business model, and the part about dipping into retirement just an "open-washing" of "I decided to start a business?"

Otherwise this sounds like an extremely unhealthy and unwise "gift" on which to spend one's retirement savings.

>>jancsi+J7
Aren't gifts _usually_ at the giver's expense? Anything else is a transaction, surely.

I think the only point being made there was that this gift is expensive but he's happy to give it. The way I read it, he's happy to give out free iPhones, but asking/demanding a battery-charging case and extra Lightning cable on top might be pushing his generosity.