Hi Chaitanya > Is there any way to get paid for this maintainer work. Could I get any > potential clients willing to pay for new features or bug fixes?
The GNU project itself does not have any funds to pay maintainers. The work is done on a volunteer basis. However, if and how the project raises funds from donations or any other means is left to the package maintainer(s) to decide. The key is that the software remain free (as in freedom). If you are still interested, please send an email to maintain...@gnu.org. Thanks, Brandon