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?

fuggadihere, (edited )

I donate to Thunderbird. Monthly :)

Sneptaur,
@Sneptaur@pawb.social avatar

When I can, I do. I’ve donated to several projects over the years.

Black616Angel,

Of course. I donate to the Lemmy developers, Wikipedia and a few others.

But donating is kinda hard sometimes because I would really like a system, where dependencies also get some.
Take Lemmy for example. It’s built with rust and uses lots of crates (libraries). So why not give like 50% to Lemmy and the other half to the used crates. And those also split with their dependencies.

trimmerfrost,

I’m broke

e_mc2, (edited )

Not too broke to own a PC or smart phone to be here, so easy excuse imo. Small bits also help, it’s the gesture that counts.

Schlecknits,

Don’t shame others into donating please.

In order to participate in modern life you have to own a device which is able to connect to the internet. Also older devices get often gifted away to those who can less afford them.

e_mc2,

I’m definitely not trying to shame anyone. Just saying it’s the gesture that counts. Even donating 1, 2, 5 dollars makes a difference. It’s a big thank you to all the devs who make all these awesome apps and tools for free. And in my opinion nobody is too broke to show their appreciation for these people, even if it’s just a very small amount. It makes a hell of a difference to those devs.

e_mc2,

Downvoted for making a point to support devs who built FOSS. I’m getting some “nice” Reddit vibes here.

Pyrozo007,

How much do you think it costs to get a phone or PC?

I literally just got randomly given 3 cheap smartphones for free the other day. Even paying, you can get a OnePlus X for £40 on ebay.

DudeDudenson,

You’ve never been broke have you

chemicalwonka,
@chemicalwonka@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

I donated to:GrapheneOS, Wikipedia, FSF and Piped Devs.

thanatotus,

I’ve donated in the past to elementaryOS, other Linux projects and separately to Wikipedia.

I’ve tried contributing code, but it’s miniscule. I wish I could give more time.

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

June,

I give $10/month to RiseUp for their VPN service.

bastion,

I have a budget saved for donations that comes from overflow in other areas, when there is overflow. I spend it on the projects I use and like most.

captain_aggravated,
@captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works avatar

I have before and likely will again, though I don’t on a continuous basis.

PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S,

Not yet, but I will when I get a job. I want to give back to the community, but I can’t afford it right now.

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.

ipkpjersi, (edited )

Yes I do, and I maintain a couple FOSS projects as well.

edit: with that said, the FOSS projects I maintain do not accept donations.

backhdlp,
@backhdlp@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

I currently do not have the ability to donate, but I will once I do.

CW: opinionI believe FOSS developers spending time to maintain something I (or others) use should be paid for that time, especially if it’s their free time. Possibly off-topic, but I think, even if you donate to them, you aren’t automatically entitiled to a FOSS developer’s time. It’s your privilege to use something they made in their time for not you, and you have no right to demand them to change anything about it, so you should at least have the decency to be nice.

portside,

I’ve donated to VLC multiple times in the past and have a subscription for wikipedia

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