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Re:Reflections on Distrusting xz by david_allison on Wednesday April 03, 2024 @07:32AM (#39916062)
> suddenly gets offered three figure sums to add a few lines of "affiliate stuff" or such

Back of the envelope calculation: you're looking at 2 orders of magnitude more money from "affiliate stuff" than you would be from generous user donations

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Re:Reflections on Distrusting xz by berkes on Wednesday April 03, 2024 @03:26PM (#39921888)
Well, yes. But it's also something you can do once. When (not if) it comes out, all credibility is lost.

Whereas donations, regardless of how puny, are recurring and potentially forever.

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