Hello.
Although we pirate for various reasons (ideology, no money to spend on entertainment, etc.) I wanted to know if the community actually donates money to any FOSS project? Nearly all of us use a torrent client based on libtorrent (qBit, Transmission, Deluge) or an open source Usenet client such as SABnzbd to consume our pirated content, yet I wonder, how many people here donate to FOSS projects?
I donated 15 euro to KDE in the past, as well as 10 euro to qBittorrent to keep the projects alive. I think that software that respects it’s users deserves to be rewarded for doing so. What is your opinion?
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No. But I should. Probably time to start.
You’re kind of Robin Hood if you steal software and give the money to FOSS projects. 😄
Personally, I’m still just a student, so I don’t even have much money for myself. However, I’ve been compiling a list of projects to which I’d like to donate one day when I get a decent job. It includes many apps from FDroid, a couple of distros and a Japanese dictionary app that I absolutely love. I’d also like to create free-libre apps too, so I can give back to the community in the future.
Yes, also generally I donate different project every 6 months (instead of recurring payment to one project).
Yes, I donate once a year to the projects I use most. I allocate about 200€ and split it up among those.
I had plans to do something similar this holiday season for the first time. Normally I just donate to my local jail bond fund.
I donate 10€ to Arch Linux and NixOS monthly because they let me run all my stuff and occasionally to projects I like. Especially the ones that save me money that would go into media consumption etc.
I donate hundreds of hours of my time every year maintaining several open source projects. Does that count?
No, but I don’t have a credit card, so I can’t
this post has inspired me to look into it! i already was a part of proton’s unlimited plan, but im def gonna start financially giving to other projects (and developers of said projects) that have been life changing for me, primarily linux mint and kde!
No, but I’m disabled on a next to nothing/gifts from family budget. I sincerely appreciate those that can donate and share my work on git freely.
I donated to libre office recently and I want to start donating to Wikipedia yearly now that I am settled in my first job
Yes. Homebrew and Asahi Linux.
Yes just a couple of bucks here and there.
Almost BECAUSE they’ve done it for free, I like to chip in .
every year
