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

Re:Ask HN: How to donate $1k to open source? by IvanK_net on Friday February 14, 2020 @09:59AM (#22327071)

I would recommend to choose one library, that is especially important to you, and that you think could be underpaid, and send it to them directly. If everybody does so, other libs will get paid by other donors.

I would recommend to avoid services, which "redistribute" donations. Such companies need to keep a part of money for themselves as running costs, and it is often not clear, if they keep 1% or 90%. And the way they decide who gets what, also might not be clear. I am not saying they are corrupted. I am just saying the transparency is lost with each "man in the middle".

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Re:Ask HN: How to donate $1k to open source? by schafele on Friday February 14, 2020 @11:10AM (#22327683)

I agree, that is definitely a good way to donate money. It is just that I heard "The software that is the easiest to build -- the software that is the easiest to fund the development of -- tends to serve those who are already extremely well-served." in https://fosdem.org/2020/schedule/event/capitalismethicaloss/ and I thought that there might be a smater way to "redistribute" the money.

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