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Re:Urllib3 raised $26,000 and shipped v2.0 in 2022 by richbell on Wednesday January 04, 2023 @12:27PM (#34248551)
In many cases it is difficult to get funding for ad-hoc donations such as this, let alone the authorization to do it on behalf of the company.

I wouldn't be surprised if that effort was driven by a single employee.

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Re:Urllib3 raised $26,000 and shipped v2.0 in 2022 by md8 on Wednesday January 04, 2023 @12:40PM (#34248756)
Well, thanks to the employee whoever it was
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Re:Urllib3 raised $26,000 and shipped v2.0 in 2022 by nerdponx on Wednesday January 04, 2023 @01:05PM (#34249111)
Some companies give employees an annual budget to be directed to charitable donations.
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Re:Urllib3 raised $26,000 and shipped v2.0 in 2022 by richbell on Wednesday January 04, 2023 @02:26PM (#34250171)
I've found that companies that do offer that often restrict it to an established list of charities, which is understandable but means you cannot donate to a random guy in Ukraine maintaining a vital open source project.
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