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[-] kadu@lemmy.world 251 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I agree we should support him, but you know who should be more concerned with giving him and other open source maintainers money? The billion dollar corporations that rely on these critical projects and use them absolutely for free. Amazon, Microsoft, Sony, Samsung, Google, Siemens, Motorola, God knows how many more.

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 16 points 6 months ago

We need more non profits who can set aside funds for these projects. It not like these companies don't want to help its just jot entirely clear how they can help.

[-] mraow_@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 6 months ago

They can help by donating some of their billions.

[-] Strit@lemmy.linuxuserspace.show 5 points 6 months ago

Sure. But if the project in question only has one or two donation methods and none of those are supported by the company, then the company can't easily donate anything. Companies usually have a strict way of how they can donate and it usually entails Paypal or some other costly solution, while projects like that likely just has a patreon or LibrePay option and perhaps a crypto wallet. Most companies can't work with that.

[-] mraow_@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 6 months ago

In my opinion it is a terrible choice for a company to rely on a dependency like XZ, especially maintained by one person as a hobby, without being able to meaningfully contribute to the maintenance themselves. I just don't think I can be sympathetic to a company having to maybe bend a rule or two to donate.

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