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That sounds like just a difference of semantics and accounting of the same notion. In net, your suggestion also results in $1k moving from google to the open so
by manwe150 4y ago
That sounds like just a difference of semantics and accounting of the same notion. In net, your suggestion also results in $1k moving from google to the open source. Although that is modulo tax implication differences, since open source projects have not often been able to secure 501c non-profit status from the US IRS, which would facilitate those sorts of pass-through donations easier.
- CydeWeys 4y ago> In net, your suggestion also results in $1k moving from google to the open source. It also amounts to a $1k pay cut for employees, which no one will be happy with. We already capture a small amount of our value add to the company in terms of wages; this would just make that a little worse. And no, there is no fixed amount that goes to salary plus open source contributions, necessitating the same overall net sum.
- manwe150 4y agoAs does yours. But you are using an economic trick to hide it from yourself. See the "Save More Tomorrow" plan by Nobel Laureate Thaler and Sunstein https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nudge_(book)#cite_ref-21 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nudge_(book)#cite_ref-21 It is not really different from whether the company pays for your office space, laptop, and health care, or makes you pay for those out of pocket.
- CydeWeys 4y agoIt's not an economic trick. If my employer weren't paying for offices they wouldn't be plowing the rest of that on top of my salary. Indeed it's the opposite; fully remote workers make less.