How would you suggest the devs are funded ?
If Gavin started an account on ReDonate I'd sign up for a monthly donation, and I imagine quite a few other people would do the same.
Wait - is it even possible that a key bitcoin dev has no money? Any exchange with half a brain (although maybe this doesn't exist yet) would put him on salary just to pick his nose all day - the guy knows stuff! Not to mention all of the mining/arbitrage opportunities. As I said, surely these people must have millions worth of BTC. Not saying they should work for nothing, but sheesh, it doesn't take much brain power to find a way to get paid in this game... Are you geeks unable to think outside of the "must have cubicle and salary" mentality?