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Question: How do you donate to FOSS contributors (discuss.tchncs.de)

submitted 4 months ago by LeFrog@discuss.tchncs.de to c/foss@beehaw.org

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Hi guys, I want to give something back (in terms of money) to FOSS projects/devs/teams. There are lots of options like LibrePay, direct donation via PayPal, Crypto and so on.

So here is my question: is there anything you would recommend? I think I want something like this:

Low transaction costs
Payment works from inside the EU (European Union)
Donating to a certain project or a "pool" of projects

But I am also open to any further ideas and discussion :)

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[–] CalcProgrammer1@lemmy.ml 6 points 4 months ago

I just donate by whatever means the project offers. Sometimes it's paypal, sometimes patreon, sometimes GitHub sponsorship, sometimes something else like OpenCollective. Read the readme or homepage of the project to see what options they take.

[–] aniki@lemm.ee 5 points 4 months ago

I never contribute monetarily but I do contribute bug fixes, documentation fixes, spelling and grammar errors, even in languages I don't know.

[–] hellfire103@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago

Well, I often just do a bank transfer or card payment. I've tried to use Monero, but I've had trouble getting ahold of any crypto without selling my soul to Guardarian.

[–] brickfrog@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

is there anything you would recommend?

You'd need to donate via whatever means they accept donations, it's not something you get to choose yourself. Unless you meant that you are going to keep contacting FOSS projects to ask them to set up new donation methods?

Personally I donate via crypto or other means that they allow donations via credit card (Liberapay / Ko-Fi work well IMO) . No Paypal/Venmo since I can't use those services - some FOSS projects I don't donate at all if they only accept Paypal.