Hello.
Although we pirate for various reasons (ideology, no money to spend on entertainment, etc.) I wanted to know if the community actually donates money to any FOSS project? Nearly all of us use a torrent client based on libtorrent (qBit, Transmission, Deluge) or an open source Usenet client such as SABnzbd to consume our pirated content, yet I wonder, how many people here donate to FOSS projects?
I donated 15 euro to KDE in the past, as well as 10 euro to qBittorrent to keep the projects alive. I think that software that respects it’s users deserves to be rewarded for doing so. What is your opinion?
Personally, I’m still just a student, so I don’t even have much money for myself. However, I’ve been compiling a list of projects to which I’d like to donate one day when I get a decent job. It includes many apps from FDroid, a couple of distros and a Japanese dictionary app that I absolutely love. I’d also like to create free-libre apps too, so I can give back to the community in the future.