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Same here. We are all Linux users and people linked articles about openssl being underpaid and all that (back when that was a topic), but after migrating from a
by Aachen 2y ago
Same here. We are all Linux users and people linked articles about openssl being underpaid and all that (back when that was a topic), but after migrating from a paid chat tool to Signal, nobody agreed with me that we should maybe donate to Signal now. Both chat solutions are open source SaaS, but the former tool has a paid subscription for commercial use (which does nothing more than the personal version) whereas Signal calls it a voluntary donation. I still don't understand my colleagues' opinion
Paying thousands of euros for some enterprise Java software as well as Microsoft Office licenses we barely ever use, meanwhile: no problem
- _Microft 2y agoThis old comment by patio11 (Patrick McKenzie, the one behind „Bits about Money“ and the blog at kalzumeus.com) on this topic might be of interest: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10863978 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10863978 It explains why companies have a lot less problems with invoices than with donations.
- Aachen 2y agoNever heard of any NTA or of business expenses being converted into money to myself when it's not on my account. Looking up what an NTA is in relation to taxes, they're a nonprofit themselves and don't appear to have authority of any kind besides PR https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Tax_Association https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Tax_Association Regardless, if this were a concern in Germany, I'm sure our boss/director would have mentioned it on that call as a simple reason rather than finding excuses and saying we could pick a different nonprofit who needs it more to donate to Companies donate all the time... this argument about it being considered income makes no sense, and if it did, just donate {income tax rate}% less if the company can't afford more and no problem either