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If I give money to the apache foundation am I "buying" software or donating? Some of the artists I support post everything they make outside the paywall and ju
by mrgoldenbrown 2y ago
If I give money to the apache foundation am I "buying" software or donating? Some of the artists I support post everything they make outside the paywall and just use patreon as a convenient tip jar.
- gpm 2y agoI'm under the impression that "post everything they make outside the paywall [simultaneously or prior to posting it inside the paywall]" is not the norm. I'm sure there are exceptions to the rule of course, but are they actually common? A quick search doesn't suggest that the apache foundation uses patreon...
- justinclift 2y agoThat's how we do things with sqlitebrowser.org as well. The Patreon donations are helpful contribution from our users, paying for things like domain names, certificate renewals, new hardware (eg for development), and so on. We don't gate anything behind the payments, and it's extremely unlikely we'd ever even consider doing so.