this is awesome - I wish that this could be made into a formal setup (FossFund ?) so that the rest of us who have a different fiscal year closing (March in India), can make the choice at the right time.
It is very hard to find the right clicks (paypal, etc.) to fund - say OpenSSH. Hell, I didnt even know that they needed funding until I accidentally ran into http://www.openssh.org/donations.html. Searching for "TuxOnIce donate" does not even bring up the paypal link right on its front page.
It would be great to have a Kickstarter.com for open source donations - basically a one stop page to search,click and send my money on its way.
EDIT: Humble Bundle's donation sliders are also a nice way to donate an amount and have it distributed the right way.
It would be doubly awesome, if I could donate, but also indicate a specific sub-project which I am interested in funding (e.g. multi-monitor support in Linux, etc. )
Our company (3 people, I'm the only dev) will start giving back to open source too. But we won't be giving money, my boss just agreed to grant me 4 hours a week to participate in any open source project I want. It's not much I know, but I'm super excited about this and can't wait to get started!
You might also consider buying an OpenBSD CD. It's only 50 bucks. This funds the development of OpenSSH (which we all benefit from regardless of what *nix we use and like).
When you deposit money into your account it counts as "unearned revenue" (i.e., a liability). So it's your usage which contributes to the amount I end up giving to the FreeBSD Foundation, not the amount you send me via paypal.
[EDIT in response to EDIT: It's not a matter of "chose", except to the extent that I used the word "profit". Canadian tax law is quite clear about the accounting rules I have to follow.]
It is very hard to find the right clicks (paypal, etc.) to fund - say OpenSSH. Hell, I didnt even know that they needed funding until I accidentally ran into http://www.openssh.org/donations.html. Searching for "TuxOnIce donate" does not even bring up the paypal link right on its front page.
It would be great to have a Kickstarter.com for open source donations - basically a one stop page to search,click and send my money on its way. EDIT: Humble Bundle's donation sliders are also a nice way to donate an amount and have it distributed the right way.
It would be doubly awesome, if I could donate, but also indicate a specific sub-project which I am interested in funding (e.g. multi-monitor support in Linux, etc. )