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I thought donations were optional (lemy.lol)

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Donationware: you must donate to use it. Not like regular optional donates.

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 9 months ago (1 children)

You can literally donate 1ct. I have no idea how people can complain when developers want money for their work.

The "Linux community" is 80% users that dont contribute, 10% "powerusers" that still dont contribute, 5% people that help with nondevelopment work (bug reporting, community support, etc.) and 5% actual developers.

(Completely rough estimation)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I have no problem with "pay what you can". I just hate "you must donate X amount to use this software". If I need to donate, then it is not a donate. It is payment.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Never had this but yeah maybe. "Pay for binaries" is still free software though