Do you donate to FOSS projects?

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?

TheFrirish,

I donate to the OSM foundation as a basic member and 6€ monthly to organic maps. I spend a lot of time contributing to OSM as well. it’s great to be able to see and use my own work.

Sebastrion,

For anyone that wants to contribut and have some fun, use StreetComplete on F-droid.

mjhelto,

Done and done!

alphacyberranger,
@alphacyberranger@lemmy.world avatar

Yes, I’m also planning to join there soon. I’m imagining Google to make maps a subscription service in a few years.

TCB13, (edited )
@TCB13@lemmy.world avatar

Yes, Syncthing, FreeFileSync, WinSCP, KeePassXC and others.

as well as 10 euro to qBittorrent

I would rather donate to Transmission.

art,
@art@lemmy.world avatar

I’ve donated to Ardour for years and I pitched in at the last Kdenlive find raising. I’d like to chip in more once my budget has stabilized.

Sabakodgo,
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Yes, I donate $1-5 monthly to many devs.

Gazumi,

Yes yes and yes! These people are a lifeline for people like me who can’t code. People like me gain so much. Free is fun, but if you can donate, even one $, €, £ or other.

malamignasanmig,

Have considered this but i have not yet started looking up anonymous ways to donate. Suggestions where i could start - eg how to anonymize credit card information online? If not anonymize, minimize personal info at least?

Alborlin,

How about bank account that generate cards for you ? Then you can destroy it online

malamignasanmig,

thanks for this suggestion. like one-time-use cards? nice. this is new to me. i will ask my bank if they offer this service.

Alborlin,

If you have Revolut or N26 you can generate a card only load it for amount you want and delete it after use.

melmi,
@melmi@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

You can’t really anonymously use a credit card. Privacy.com will let you give bogus info to the FOSS project if you really don’t trust the devs having your name, but you’ll have to give Privacy a bunch of info which is arguably an even bigger invasion of privacy. I suppose it’s a matter of who you trust.

Most donations will go through an intermediary like PayPal so it’s not like you’re giving them your credit card info directly.

malamignasanmig,

guess i can just use my credit card details. i trust the devs more than paypal. hahahahaha. i mean, they have done so much good already.

meldrik,

You could use the cryptocurrency Monero. It’s specifically made to be anonymous.

malamignasanmig,

thanks for suggesting Monero, however i dont use cryptocurrency because we are still very cash dependent where im from.

aBundleOfFerrets,

You can buy monero online and then donate said monero to foss projects also online

Gazumi,

FOSS s such a wide area of practice. There is no detriment in supporting a FOSS keyboard or image editor. Perhaps for these, or for software that might sails across the lines you might consider Monero, or similar.

malamignasanmig,

i was thinking of donating to the projects i use a lot - inkscape and kdenlive. thanks for suggesting Monero, which was also suggested by another user. unfortunately, i dont have cryptocurrency. maybe i will just use cc for these donations.

JackOfAllTraits, (edited )
@JackOfAllTraits@lemmy.world avatar

Yup, to Fediverse, this server, Calyx fondation and Signal

TCB13,
@TCB13@lemmy.world avatar

Calyx fonundation and Signal

Naaaa I’m not going to fund an Android ROM that has inherit and exploitable security vulnerabilities (read on hardware support requirements of the GrapheneOS project and you’ll understand) nor a messaging App that was probably first funded by the NSA and we never know.

I would rather fund someone looking to make a single good cross-platform XMPP native client (iOS, Android, Windows and macOS) with push notifications that actually work and video - not the garbage we’ve today.

JackOfAllTraits,
@JackOfAllTraits@lemmy.world avatar

I would rather fund someone looking to make a single good cross-platform XMPP native client (iOS, Android, Windows and macOS) with push notifications that actually work and video - not the garbage we’ve today.

So are you? Because if you are just sitting around and waiting for someone out there to make a product by your own perfect standards, than its equal to doing nothing. Compared to doing nothing, supporting Calyx and/or Signal is infinitely better.

Corgana,
@Corgana@startrek.website avatar

I used to be a mod on /r/StarTrek and everytime we did a fundraiser it was inevitably met with criticisms of some kind. I would usually respond with “That sounds like a great cause too, why don’t you post the receipt (we encouraged users to share recepits) for that instead?” and never once saw it.

hubobes,

Yep, monthly towards Mozilla and Wireguard.

_hovi_,

Not a big anti Mozilla guy but have you seen their earnings? You could probably put the Mozilla donations to better use elsewhere imo

ndsvw,
@ndsvw@feddit.de avatar

… which makes Mozilla more dependent from you know what company…

TCB13, (edited )
@TCB13@lemmy.world avatar

Why Mozilla?? …locals.com/…/firefox-money-investigating-the-biz…

Payments to nonexistent companies? Funding politics? Reliance on a single customer? And that’s just for starters.

cupcakezealot,
@cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

not every one but the ones i particularly find useful (i monthly donate to thunderbird and firefox) or through github sponsors

JoeKrogan,
@JoeKrogan@lemmy.world avatar

I release code under GPL licences , I seed distros and have contributed financially in the past.

paschko,

I donated to libre office recently and I want to start donating to Wikipedia yearly now that I am settled in my first job

Ozzy,

No, but I plan to as soon as I can financially afford to.

There are countless Foss tools I’m using that deserve the money.

Currently I try to “contribute” by releasing my stuff into the open source space for free.

01011,

I donate to any project I use that takes xmr.

M500,

I donated to Linux Mint once, I think it’s time to make another donation.

This time, I think I’ll donate to one of the emulator developers. I’ll have to take a look and see which platform is currently receiving updates pretty regularly. I’m learning towards ryujinx as that’s the main switch emulator I use. But I’m also considering pcsx2 as I really love that system.

rufus,

You’re kind of Robin Hood if you steal software and give the money to FOSS projects. 😄

FuyuhikoDate,

I dont have much money But i always love the message in Pirated Stuff “if you like it buy it!”

So one day i thought “come one at least pay 1 buck, because if everybody would pay at least 1 buck to a Project they like it would be an awesome Project!”

So i started with one Thing (i think gadgetbridge it was) and donated 1€ every year. So i did it to twelve Projects (1 for each month) and since i got my First Job, i pushed it up to 5€

So right now i Sonate 5€ a year to 12 Foss / other Projects i REALLY belive in and love (and use on a daily base) everything Else will be Still pirated (excwpr for winrar! I PAYD FOR WINRAR!!!)

aBundleOfFerrets,

It would be foolish not to pay for winrar. They are known for being extremely litigious of people who use the software once the license expires

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