I would consider donating, but I'd frankly prefer to donate to tax-exempt orgs. That way I can donate more with the same effective "cost" to myself. I get that it's not trivial to set one of these up (especially for someone who is already in a funding deficit), but I think it would make donations a more attractive option for people. Additionally, the email talks about funding in hours of development work, but doesn't…
> I get that it's not trivial to set one of these up (especially for someone who is already in a funding deficit), but I think it would make donations a more attractive option for people. Is there any sort of general purpose tax exempt org for funding free/open-source software development? Someone makes a tax-exempt donation to that org, earmarked for a particular project, the org forwards the donation to that projec…
Re: The Future of Libjpeg-Turbo
#31I'm pretty sure what you've described is essentially a tax-evasion money-laundering scheme, and I'm sure the IRS would frown upon it.