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[–] Katana314@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I have so many causes on my mind that all need money; some for helping starving children, others for supporting sane politics, GoFundMes for people affected by a warped healthcare system; the request you're making very much makes sense, but it's so hard to put it above so many of the other critical needs for donations, when the image of an open source worker is someone who can, and often does, get paid working for a large company.

[–] RheumatoidArthritis@mander.xyz 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

But the part about a nice email still applies. I'm not in it for the money, no positive feedback can be discouraging - typically I deal with issues where someone has a problem.

[–] i_love_FFT@jlai.lu 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I recently got my boss to send a donation to an open source project!

It was technically not free to use for commercial purposes, but we could have done it anyway... However my boss agreed when I mentioned how insignificant it would be on the project's cost!

[–] RheumatoidArthritis@mander.xyz 2 points 9 months ago

Cool! Securing the component supply chain is a buzzword managers may find familiar