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But I don't want to actually sell anything. I just want your money. You can get the software, working or not, with or without the money. You are telling me that

But I don't want to actually sell anything. I just want your money. You can get the software, working or not, with or without the money. You are telling me that in order to get your money I have to sell essentially nothing. It's a stupid dance for a donation while we're telling the people paying that it's not really a donation. We have to fool them and pretend like it's a business transaction. I wish we could just be honest and lose the stigma around donations.

pchristensen 9y ago
Your code, coming from an organization that is sufficiently funded and therefore more likely to be maintain it in the future, is significantly more valuable than the identical code coming from a less funded organization with murkier future prospects. "Maintenance security", "peace of mind", "de-risking adoption for users", "ongoing delivery of feature development", or however you want to phrase it, is a product that you could choose to sell. patio11 is just telling you the language that businesses and their accountants speak - documentable expenses = YES, donations = NO.
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infinite8s 9y ago
It has nothing to do with stigma and everything to do with tax code and accounting regulations.