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I would feel even more comfortable if I would be able to pay a nominal sum. Even $1 per cert would go a long way in securing their infrastructure. Maybe Letsenc

I would feel even more comfortable if I would be able to pay a nominal sum. Even $1 per cert would go a long way in securing their infrastructure. Maybe Letsencrypt does not want to handle the hassle of managing payments.

Dobbs 9y ago
You can setup a reoccurring donation to letsencrypt: https://letsencrypt.org/ https://letsencrypt.org/ The reason these are free has nothing to do with payments but instead allows removing an additional barrier to entry from getting SSL working.
jcwayne 9y ago
You can: https://letsencrypt.org/donate/ https://letsencrypt.org/donate/
- no_wizard 9y ago
  I personally donate to Lets Encrypt once a year. The trouble with donations at my company, however, is that 'gifting' money is a lot more complicated than buying something. For instance, we are supporters of Vim, but we couldn't make a direct donation to the project. Our corporate policies on this makes things a little stiff as any donation like this is seen as potential publicity. so we couldn't move forward on that. However, we do often buy things for corporate events from Amazon, so we could use the affiliate link to buy our stuff and still contribute to the project. There was another instance, i can't remember what the project is as I didn't deal with it directly, where you could donate directly or buy 'swag' (like T-shirts, cups etc). I remember one of the teams that wanted to contribute funds managed to expense it as swag for their department so everyone got hats, t-shirts, pens, coffee cups etc. because again, can't directly donate. And of course, sponsorship is usually out of the question, because they don't want to be known as supporting one specific thing or another. Sometimes its just easier to make a 'sale' than it is to get a donation from huge users of your product.
tialaramex 9y ago
Machines don't (on the whole) have wallets. So even for one dollar the effect is that now auto-renewal isn't possible, a human must intervene to pay. Donations, however, are appreciated.
- icebraining 9y ago
  That's only true if it's prepaid. LE could, in theory, simply send an invoice to the account's email after the renovation (or on a billing cycle, say, yearly). Not that I think it'd be a good idea.

Dobbs 9y ago

You can setup a reoccurring donation to letsencrypt: https://letsencrypt.org/ https://letsencrypt.org/ The reason these are free has nothing to do with payments but instead allows removing an additional barrier to entry from getting SSL working.

jcwayne 9y ago

You can: https://letsencrypt.org/donate/ https://letsencrypt.org/donate/

no_wizard 9y ago
I personally donate to Lets Encrypt once a year. The trouble with donations at my company, however, is that 'gifting' money is a lot more complicated than buying something. For instance, we are supporters of Vim, but we couldn't make a direct donation to the project. Our corporate policies on this makes things a little stiff as any donation like this is seen as potential publicity. so we couldn't move forward on that. However, we do often buy things for corporate events from Amazon, so we could use the affiliate link to buy our stuff and still contribute to the project. There was another instance, i can't remember what the project is as I didn't deal with it directly, where you could donate directly or buy 'swag' (like T-shirts, cups etc). I remember one of the teams that wanted to contribute funds managed to expense it as swag for their department so everyone got hats, t-shirts, pens, coffee cups etc. because again, can't directly donate. And of course, sponsorship is usually out of the question, because they don't want to be known as supporting one specific thing or another. Sometimes its just easier to make a 'sale' than it is to get a donation from huge users of your product.

tialaramex 9y ago

Machines don't (on the whole) have wallets. So even for one dollar the effect is that now auto-renewal isn't possible, a human must intervene to pay. Donations, however, are appreciated.

icebraining 9y ago
That's only true if it's prepaid. LE could, in theory, simply send an invoice to the account's email after the renovation (or on a billing cycle, say, yearly). Not that I think it'd be a good idea.