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?

ragepaw,

No. But I should. Probably time to start.

rufus,

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

j4k3,
@j4k3@lemmy.world avatar

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.

hperrin,

I donate hundreds of hours of my time every year maintaining several open source projects. Does that count?

Dsklnsadog,
@Dsklnsadog@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

Yes, it does

Sentau,

Yes it counts and more than monetary contributions do

omnissiah,
@omnissiah@iusearchlinux.fyi avatar

Agreed, do what you can but contributing if you have the skills and time for me is like being a superhero

bruchsturm,

Yes, I donate once a year to the projects I use most. I allocate about 200€ and split it up among those.

mjhelto,

I had plans to do something similar this holiday season for the first time. Normally I just donate to my local jail bond fund.

tetris11,
@tetris11@lemmy.ml avatar

Yep to the EFF, a few GNU projects, and previously to random developers I liked.

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.

doublejay1999,
@doublejay1999@lemmy.world avatar

Yes just a couple of bucks here and there.

Almost BECAUSE they’ve done it for free, I like to chip in .

alphacyberranger,
@alphacyberranger@lemmy.world avatar

I never used to donate to any FOSS project, now I donate every alternative month since I realized what I liked about the internet and tech is being taken away by greedy corporates.

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.

gkd,
@gkd@lemmy.ml avatar

Just as an aside, donating does not have to be monetary. Helping (if possible) with development, triaging issues or helping with support/forums of any kind, along with in general filing good issues goes miles for FOSS projects, especially larger ones with only a few developers.

DieguiTux8623,

Yes… especially for newborn project it’s quite difficult to find volunteers or people just wanting to help out, test, triage reports, etc.

droidpenguin,

Yes, you should support open source when possible if the project(s) you use are beneficial to you! Your dollars are far more valuable to help out a small team of independent volunteers vs multi-billion dollar corporations that really don’t need it.

If you can’t donate money, donate your time / skills or do both! Make the world of software a better place, one small contribution at a time!

njordomir,

I don’t sail the seas too much, but I’ve been donating to FOSS projects ever since I left the church. This is my tithe.

obinice,
@obinice@lemmy.world avatar

My man, I can barely afford to pay to heat my sick, elderly parents living room (yes just that room, the rest of the house stays cold, can’t afford it).

I’m not donating money to anyone at all and won’t for the foreseeable future. When I do, it’ll be to cancer research <3

But I believe FOSS is a noble cause and if I were wealthy I absolutely would.

Sentau, (edited )

You most probably won’t need to donate to cancer research. It is already being funded in the hope that the medicines developed will bring in the dough once they are ready

chagall,

Yes. To the uBO list maintainers and Jellyfin.

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