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FOSS is strange to me, some are trying hard to raise money to fund open source, while others appear to be asleep at the wheel. I have reached out to one large p
by mtnGoat 5y ago
FOSS is strange to me, some are trying hard to raise money to fund open source, while others appear to be asleep at the wheel. I have reached out to one large project we use a lot at work, multiple times, looking to make a donation, never heard anything back. I guess some are doing so well they don't need any money?
- amatecha 5y agoI wonder if for some people there's the aspect of, once they receive money, they have to deal with extra complexity for income tax and whatnot? Just a guess, only thing I could think of (other than, like you say, pre-existing financial stability)...
- IshKebab 5y agoAccepting money can be a pain. Now you have to do accounts and taxes, and possibly argue about who actually gets the money and what it is used for. I can see why some projects might not care about small donations. Maybe try offering a few million and see what happens. :-)
- matkoniecz 5y agoI would start from projects looking for money and providing way to gave them (I bet that at least one heavily used FOSS project matches that description). > some are trying hard to raise money to fund open source, while others I am not so surprised by diversity here