Although we pirate for various reasons (ideology, no money to spend on entertainment, etc.) I wanted to know if the community actually donates money to any FOSS project? Nearly all of us use a torrent client based on libtorrent (qBit, Transmission, Deluge) or an open source Usenet client such as SABnzbd to consume our pirated content, yet I wonder, how many people here donate to FOSS projects?

I donated 15 euro to KDE in the past, as well as 10 euro to qBittorrent to keep the projects alive. I think that software that respects it's users deserves to be rewarded for doing so. What is your opinion?

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[–] hperrin@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I donate hundreds of hours of my time every year maintaining several open source projects. Does that count?

[–] rufus@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 years ago

You're kind of Robin Hood if you steal software and give the money to FOSS projects. 😄

[–] TheFrirish@jlai.lu 1 points 2 years ago

I donate to the OSM foundation as a basic member and 6€ monthly to organic maps. I spend a lot of time contributing to OSM as well. it's great to be able to see and use my own work.

[–] ragepaw@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

No. But I should. Probably time to start.

[–] bruchsturm@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 years ago

Yes, I donate once a year to the projects I use most. I allocate about 200€ and split it up among those.