> It infuriates me that people who work on important projects like numpy or Tor which are very widely used have trouble paying the bills and keeping a roof over

> It infuriates me that people who work on important projects like numpy or Tor which are very widely used have trouble paying the bills and keeping a roof over their head. Donate money to projects you care about. Persuade your friends to donate. > I don't make it because I don't work in the software industry and don't have access to large social or financial capital networks. What’s the plan for getting the doers onboard? Pay them? Persuade them to work for free? Persuade the government to tax someone else to fund them? Or are we just shouting about things we don’t like? Because let me tell you about low quality leather goods...