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I get the reasons recurring sponsorship helps projects, but is there any chance to sponsor as a one time payment? As a resident of a non-USD country, my bank s

I get the reasons recurring sponsorship helps projects, but is there any chance to sponsor as a one time payment? As a resident of a non-USD country, my bank shafts me for foreign currency payments, which is partly a fixed fee and partly driven by the total amount. Therefore lots of small payments ends up paying a much larger portion to the bank, money that I'd otherwise prefer the project got!

dastx 6y ago
> but is there any chance to sponsor as a one time payment? You can simply start a monthly plan, then cancel it once the first payment is gone. It's a bit more overhead, but if you believe in it, it's worth it. (edit: never mind, this is not possible apparently, GitHub charges you for a whole year) Also, slightly off-topic, and this entirely depends on where you live. Regarding your bank, you may be able to look into start up banks (also called Neo banks), they often have zero foreign currency fees and exchange at the Master Card or Visa base exchange rate. This has in the past saved me a huge amount, mostly for travel to foreign countries, but also for purchases, however, receiving money is the same. As examples, in the UK we have Starling, Monzo and some others that all give you zero foreign exchange transaction fees. In many European countries Revolut is available (also in the UK), but I closed my account with them for ethical reasons. There is undoubtedly more neo banks available especially in the development world but you will need to do research for your country.
p12tic 6y ago
Hey, thanks for interest in donating to the project. I'm Povilas, the developer from the linked blog post. If the donation is less than $100 you could setup a monthly donation on GitHub and then cancel it after the first payment. Otherwise, you can contact me at "povilas@radix.lt". To verify the authenticity of this email address you can view my GitHub profile at https://github.com/p12tic https://github.com/p12tic, or check out https://github.com/p12tic/xorg-xorgproto/tree/p12-gestures https://github.com/p12tic/xorg-xorgproto/tree/p12-gestures branch and verify the author email of the last commit in the branch.
- sneak 6y ago
  https://github.com/p12tic/xorg-xorgproto/commit/e3f4542bc58b5a7587cc2e2f72ce5acf8a1be7ac.patch https://github.com/p12tic/xorg-xorgproto/commit/e3f4542bc58b...
octoberfranklin 6y ago
You can't, because of Anti Money Laundering regulations. I'm serious. It sounds crazy because it is crazy. Full details: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24006703 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24006703
joshvm 6y ago
You can use a service like Transferwise which charges you the market rate. A lot of expats and remote workers(including myself) use it to get paid and avoid currency changing. Or you can get cards which do the same thing (e.g. I have a Curve card is linked to my other bank cards). It depends which country you live in, these options are fairly straighforward in the EU. There are a few services which these cards don't work with, like pay-at-pump gas stations, but I've yet to find somewhere online it doesn't work. May be overkill for a one-off payment though.

dastx 6y ago

> but is there any chance to sponsor as a one time payment? You can simply start a monthly plan, then cancel it once the first payment is gone. It's a bit more overhead, but if you believe in it, it's worth it. (edit: never mind, this is not possible apparently, GitHub charges you for a whole year) Also, slightly off-topic, and this entirely depends on where you live. Regarding your bank, you may be able to look into start up banks (also called Neo banks), they often have zero foreign currency fees and exchange at the Master Card or Visa base exchange rate. This has in the past saved me a huge amount, mostly for travel to foreign countries, but also for purchases, however, receiving money is the same. As examples, in the UK we have Starling, Monzo and some others that all give you zero foreign exchange transaction fees. In many European countries Revolut is available (also in the UK), but I closed my account with them for ethical reasons. There is undoubtedly more neo banks available especially in the development world but you will need to do research for your country.

p12tic 6y ago

Hey, thanks for interest in donating to the project. I'm Povilas, the developer from the linked blog post. If the donation is less than $100 you could setup a monthly donation on GitHub and then cancel it after the first payment. Otherwise, you can contact me at "povilas@radix.lt". To verify the authenticity of this email address you can view my GitHub profile at https://github.com/p12tic https://github.com/p12tic, or check out https://github.com/p12tic/xorg-xorgproto/tree/p12-gestures https://github.com/p12tic/xorg-xorgproto/tree/p12-gestures branch and verify the author email of the last commit in the branch.

sneak 6y ago
https://github.com/p12tic/xorg-xorgproto/commit/e3f4542bc58b5a7587cc2e2f72ce5acf8a1be7ac.patch https://github.com/p12tic/xorg-xorgproto/commit/e3f4542bc58b...

octoberfranklin 6y ago

You can't, because of Anti Money Laundering regulations. I'm serious. It sounds crazy because it is crazy. Full details: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24006703 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24006703

joshvm 6y ago

You can use a service like Transferwise which charges you the market rate. A lot of expats and remote workers(including myself) use it to get paid and avoid currency changing. Or you can get cards which do the same thing (e.g. I have a Curve card is linked to my other bank cards). It depends which country you live in, these options are fairly straighforward in the EU. There are a few services which these cards don't work with, like pay-at-pump gas stations, but I've yet to find somewhere online it doesn't work. May be overkill for a one-off payment though.