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Yes, please start by practicing what you preach. I actually donated 1% of my income to various open source projects I use.
by bugbuddy 3y ago
Yes, please start by practicing what you preach. I actually donated 1% of my income to various open source projects I use.
- devmor 3y agoI’m really happy that github in particular has made it so easy to give some cash to the people responsible for tools that I enjoy.
- abound 3y agoMy (very small) tech nonprofit has started doing something similar [1], where everyone contributes to a list of OSS tools we use heavily, and then everyone gives a weight/score to each tool. We then split the pot ($1,000 in 2022, probably ~$2,000 when I get around to doing 2023) among all the OSS projects, according to the relative scores. [1] https://siliconally.org/policies/open-source/#yearly-donations https://siliconally.org/policies/open-source/#yearly-donatio...
- fydorm 3y agoThis is a good thing to do, but not really the point of the article.
- brational 3y agohttps://jacobian.org/2024/jan/10/philanthropy-update/ https://jacobian.org/2024/jan/10/philanthropy-update/ took 15 seconds to find on the website.