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Ask HN: How to donate $1k to open source?

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Re: Ask HN: How to donate $1k to open source?

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Post by feross »

If you use Node.js, then you can run `npx thanks` to see which of your dependencies are seeking financial support.

Demo GIF: https://github.com/feross/thanks/blob/master/img/example.gif

GitHub repo: https://github.com/feross/thanks

P.S. I am accepting donations here: https://feross.org/thanks/

Re: Ask HN: How to donate $1k to open source?

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Post by surfertas »

Use https://www.korabo.io.

Core contributors to an OSS project can decide on percentage share allocation and create a credit card checkout that is accessible via a shield button. The donations/proceeds would be split on a per payment basis.

At the moment the application only handles those with a US-based account.

Re: Ask HN: How to donate $1k to open source?

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Post by fgonzag »

myself248 wrote: post #30
einpoklum wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"Best" for your company's business interests? :-(

I took it as "best" in "most likely to actually reach a person who can write a check" in the corporate bureaucracy. In most of the companies I'm familiar with, it's very hard for engineers and their managers to spend money on things that don't have a tangible return, particularly something you can stick an inventory tag on. Marketing departments, on the other hand, are purpose-built to spend money on intangible thing…

I know you probably agree with me, but supporting an open source project your company's infrastructure depends on has a tangible return (better maintenance on the project). It's just that managers don't see it that way.

Re: Ask HN: How to donate $1k to open source?

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Post by xvilka »

I would consider to donate not to the IT tools but the domain specific software. It's often undervalued, underrepresented, and underfunded. Science, engineering, literature/music/art creation, etc. I believe, these are in the need more than IT, also have a bigger impact to the society.

Re: Ask HN: How to donate $1k to open source?

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Post by slyall »

There are some organisations that handle paperwork for many open source projects. You can donate to these and mark you donations for specific projects or towards "overhead".

The two I've donated to are

Software in the Public Interest ( https://www.spi-inc.org/ )

The Software Conservancy ( https://sfconservancy.org/ )

Re: Ask HN: How to donate $1k to open source?

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Post by person_of_color »

einpoklum wrote: post #16
markvdb wrote: post #11

Umbrella organisations would do. There's FSF, FSFE, Software in the Public interest, Software Freedom Conservancy, and more. ...or ... You're always welcome to give it to us: https://fosdem.org/2020/support/donate/ :-) FOSDEM is a huge yearly free and open source developer conference since 20 years. Have a look through our video archives to get an idea of what you'd be supporting. P.S. Our overhead is basicly zero be…

The Free Software Foundation is not just a meta organization: It's the organization behind GNU! and GNU is a _lot_ of free, and many fundamental, piece of software. Donate to them here: https://my.fsf.org/donate/

Is this donation tax deductible?
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