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> "please donate, I'm not rich enough yet" Who do you feel entitled enough to judge someone’s humble request for a donation, despite them developing the free s
by yunohn 5y ago
> "please donate, I'm not rich enough yet"
Who do you feel entitled enough to judge someone’s humble request for a donation, despite them developing the free software that you use often enough to be annoyed by it?
- naikrovek 5y agoif they wanted to be paid, would they not release as a product, instead of releasing as open source? "hey I'm gonna give away my time and effort for free" is not how you get money. it's how you get geek cred or build up a resume or whatever. all fine, of course. do what you want. if you want to charge for your code, charge for it and stop asking for donations every time I clone or build your stuff. have a donation button somewhere so people CAN donate, of course. asking is very .. beggy and it drives me nuts, especially when it's from people who make $500k/yr at their day job.
- yunohn 5y agoThis is a very steamed and unfair rant; it really seems like you don’t understand how little FOSS work makes, and how little money is ever donated to most or any projects. I don’t know who hurt you in FOSS, but you sound really mean.