> They would have to change the way they file taxes to accomodate (sic) this payment outside the regular flow of salary? This affects my end as well - I was mo

> They would have to change the way they file taxes to accomodate (sic) this payment outside the regular flow of salary? This affects my end as well - I was monetizing their product, and could probably justify an unsolicited bug bounty as external work. I don't know what the status of an unsolicited donation would be, I would have to ask my accountant. The main premise is that some FOSS projects turn down smaller donations. In my case for a bug bounty, in GP's case a more general donation. When people discuss the need for FOSS donations, these cases aren't always mentioned. In this specific case for me, the upstream was already fixing bugs in the tree, (as was I), and upstream was monetizing their product as well, so I thought it might work out well for everyone. At the end of the day I felt better about it anyway, because I was monetizing and using their product, and I did make an offer. I wound up contributing back with feature and bug patches (the bugs I could figure out how to fix).