* Pyromania <[email protected]> [2025-08-07 20:34]:
> On Thu, Aug 07 2025, Jean Louis <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > * Pyromania <[email protected]> [2025-08-07 19:43]:
> >> I want to add that, I hope to see more donation based things.
> >> I guess FSF is one example, right?
>
> > Here are 5 well-known donation-based free software projects:
>
> > 1. FSF (Free Software Foundation) – Promotes software freedom, funded
> > by individual donations.
> > 2. GNOME Foundation – Supports the GNOME desktop; funded by donations
> > and sponsors.
>
> some say that GNOME is mostly funded by RedHat and IBM, but, I’m not
> sure about this. Anyway, I’m not so much happy about the decisions the
> new RadHat was making in recent years. I’d not like that company to be
> the main sponsor of Gnome. Besides, I think the recent decisions Gnome
> has made was not so much user-friendly either.
You may contribute and improve whatever you wish. Look there are
different forks of Gnome.
> > 3. KDE e.V. – Maintains the KDE environment, runs donation campaigns.
> > 4. Blender Foundation – Funds development of the Blender 3D suite via
> > donations and the Development Fund.
> > 5. Mozilla Foundationp – While Firefox has some corporate funding,
> > a large part comes from individual donations supporting open web tech.
>
> >> I guess, a donation based economic system would be the most ethical
> >> economical system. But it never was easy to achieve. How do I
> >> know? I’m not an economist.
>
> > Totally fair — a donation-based system sounds noble, but let’s not
> > forget: Selling free software is 100% ethical.
>
> Sure. In my mind, buying free software with an emphasis on ‘it being
> a free/libre product’ has similarities to donation. Perhaps, it’s even
> better than donation, I don’t know.
I look at it as "transactions" involving exchange.
A donation constitutes a transaction involving an exchange. Unlike
direct purchasing where consumers receive goods or services
immediately, donors give with a broader perspective - considering not
just personal benefit but the welfare of society as a whole. Donations
are contributions made by individuals who prioritize general wellbeing
over immediate self-interest, understanding that their act is intended
to support and uplift communities at large.
When assisting certain students through challenging circumstances, I
am aware that their experiences foster learning not only for them but
also equips them to extend such support to others in the future. This
perspective shifts my focus from an individualistic viewpoint ("me")
towards a society's one ("us").
Jean Louis
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