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Originally Posted by Redcard
And yeah, I do work on opensource software, too.. and I make money off the donations.. but we're talking beer and pizza (okay, and some really fun gadgets every once in awhile) money for the most part. Not mortgage and car payment money  I think many authors would find it hard to survive on the generosity of others.
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Oh sure, most donation-ware programmers have day jobs. Most writers do, too.
What's the percentage of writers who live entirely on their writing, and not from a day job or a spouse or some other source of income? I'll bet it's pretty small.