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The first donation to my open source project (1) came from someone who went through the trouble of emailing me to ask how they could donate. Since then, I've e
by joostdecock 6y ago
The first donation to my open source project (1) came from someone who went through the trouble of emailing me to ask how they could donate.
Since then, I've embraced receiving donations and last year I ended up receiving more than 10.000 euro. (2)
I (re)donate everything to charity, for reasons (3), but even then it's a great motivator. If it wasn't for the money I would have burned out long ago. It really means a lot when people show their support in such a tangible way.
I recommend everyone to both accept donations, and donate to others.
(1) https://freesewing.org/ https://freesewing.org/
(2) https://freesewing.org/blog/bye-2020/ https://freesewing.org/blog/bye-2020/
(3) https://freesewing.org/docs/various/pledge/motivation/ https://freesewing.org/docs/various/pledge/motivation/
- thetrustworthy 6y agoI just read your reasons (3), and I think you are pretty awesome. Thanks for doing this!
- joostdecock 6y agoHey thanks, that's really kind of you!
- morgengold 6y agoNice work! Just out of curiosity: Which of the price tiers (1) is chosen most regularly? (1) https://freesewing.org/community/join/ https://freesewing.org/community/join/
- joostdecock 6y agoThe lowest one is most popular (2 euro per month), but the middle one (4 euro) is almost as popular. The top tier (8 euro) is picked the least, but still has more than half the subscribers of the lowest one.