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To Whom Should I Donate?

Posted by Soulskill on from the think-of-the-devs dept.

jasonmanley writes "I currently use DesktopBSD. The other day I gave some thought to donating money to the project, but then I got to thinking — to whom would I donate the money? DesktopBSD benefits from FreeBSD and KDE among other projects. What about software with a smaller focus, such as OpenSSH? In fact, there are heaps of other projects' software embedded in FOSS packages, and I would like to know who the community thinks should get the donations."

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  1. Won't someone think of the children? by paylett · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    If you're looking for a worthy cause to donate to, don't forget all the other possibilities.

    World Vision

    Amnesty International

    Etcetera

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    Believing something doesn't make it true. Not believing something doesn't make it false.

  2. Re:Take a Look Around by Eth1csGrad1ent · · Score: 0, Offtopic


    Wish I had some mod points... This is not offtopic !

    Its a fair point... we've just had two major natural disasters in the world with many, hundreds of thousands of people suffering, and its a fair argument that the original poster may not even have considered.

    The OP has some money to donate, and some concerns about where itd be best put to good use. Pointing out that a software project, no matter how worthy, might not be the only consideration at this point in time is hardly hijacking the debate.