Hello.

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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No. But I should. Probably time to start.

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

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No, but I’m disabled on a next to nothing/gifts from family budget. I sincerely appreciate those that can donate and share my work on git freely.

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

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Yes it counts and more than monetary contributions do

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Agreed, do what you can but contributing if you have the skills and time for me is like being a superhero

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Yes, it does

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

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I had plans to do something similar this holiday season for the first time. Normally I just donate to my local jail bond fund.

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