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.

White_Flight,

every year

corvidae,
@corvidae@leminal.space avatar

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!

ikidd,
@ikidd@lemmy.world avatar

I donate about what I figure I’d spend on proprietary products in a year, about $600-800. Mostly KDE and docker containers I use like piped, mailcow, nextcloud, as well as podcasts I listen to as long as they supply an ad-free feed.

CookieOfFortune,

Not directly per se. I donate to Wikipedia, EFF, and the ACLU. I guess Wikipedia is FOSS?

rando,

Yes, also generally I donate different project every 6 months (instead of recurring payment to one project).

KazuchijouNo,

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.

D_Air1,
@D_Air1@lemmy.ml avatar

Yeah, donate to kde every now and then.

CleanDefinition,

I donate to Linux Mint every now and then.

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!

some_guy,

Yes. Homebrew and Asahi Linux.

Interstellar_1,
@Interstellar_1@pawb.social avatar

No, but I don’t have a credit card, so I can’t

the_seven_sins,

Debian project once a year, I also donated to Mozilla and Libreoffice last year.

Sygheil,

Count me in. I believe they shared their work out of passion and why not us end-user/power-user give back if these donations combined this can be beneficial to the developer’s lives. Or contribute to the project itself.

jeena,
@jeena@jemmy.jeena.net avatar

I did donate first to Mozilla but switched to Thunderbird because I think they’re doing a better job. But now that I’m a stay at home dad for one year I stopped because I don’t have any income and need to keep my money together while only living from savings until I’m back at work.

Unforeseen,

Thunderbird is a Mozilla project tho?

jeena,
@jeena@jemmy.jeena.net avatar

They are helping with collecting the funds and so on but when you donate to Thunderbird the money will be used for Thunderbird development.

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