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Donating Software?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the let-someone-else-make-use-of-it dept.

nuxx asks: "I have a copy of Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise x64 Edition here, with 25 Client Access Licenses which I don't need. I don't want to throw it away, but because it's a Not For Resale copy, I can't list it on eBay. So, I'd like to give it to a charity. It's a completely new, unused, legal copy which was handed to me by a Microsoft rep a few weeks ago, so this should be legal to do. The problem is, I'm not really sure how to donate software to a charity. Does anyone have any experience with this? Do you know of any resources available regarding how to send such donations and which organizations find them useful?"

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  1. Throw it away by John_Sauter · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I recommend you throw it away, thereby increasing the average quality of software in the universe. If you want to contribute software to charity, write some high-quality software yourself and contribute it. You might even ask your favorite charity what software they would value first, and write them that.