• Strit@lemmy.linuxuserspace.show
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      7 months ago

      Sure. But if the project in question only has one or two donation methods and none of those are supported by the company, then the company can’t easily donate anything. Companies usually have a strict way of how they can donate and it usually entails Paypal or some other costly solution, while projects like that likely just has a patreon or LibrePay option and perhaps a crypto wallet. Most companies can’t work with that.

      • catnash [she/her, ae/aer]@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        7 months ago

        In my opinion it is a terrible choice for a company to rely on a dependency like XZ, especially maintained by one person as a hobby, without being able to meaningfully contribute to the maintenance themselves. I just don’t think I can be sympathetic to a company having to maybe bend a rule or two to donate.

      • catnash [she/her, ae/aer]@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        7 months ago

        This is one of the problems, these companies and other groups just use a dependency maintained by one person (Lasse) without meaningfully contributing to its survival themselves.

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          7 months ago

          We just need more non profits to manage projects. If a maintainer burns out they should be able to contact some organization to find help.