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Re:Canonical asks desktop users to “pay what you think Ubunt... by DasIch on Wednesday October 10, 2012 @05:53PM (#4638398)
Optional payment != Donation.

Given that Canonical is commercial I very much doubt that they are even allowed to take donations.

Re:Canonical asks desktop users to “pay what you think Ubunt... by dkulchenko on Wednesday October 10, 2012 @06:00PM (#4638425)
Canonical is commercial, the Ubuntu Foundation is not: http://www.ubuntu.com/news/UbuntuFoundation. Ubuntu's been accepting donations for quite a while, long before they added this.
Re:Canonical asks desktop users to “pay what you think Ubunt... by recoiledsnake on Wednesday October 10, 2012 @06:33PM (#4638525)
The PayPal donation page says Canonical Ltd, so it looks like it's not the Ubuntu Foundation that's taking the money.