Did you make a donation for Ubuntu (Canonical)?

[nothingspecial]

I should point out that my donation was a specific piece of hardware that I wanted to work with the software, so my reasons for donating were self motivated.

[forrestcupp]

That may be true. However, the paypal is to "Canonical Ltd."

Interesting. That could make things complicated with the government.

And even among open source software, why would I donate to Ubuntu, which is sponsored by a for-profit company headed by a millionaire? I'd much rather give to an upstream project which could make much better use of that money.

Shuttleworth isn't the only millionaire at the head of large open source projects. By your reasoning, the only projects worth supporting would be the small ones being run by poor programmers like us. I don't disagree, but I also am not ungrateful for the fact that Shuttleworth has dumped a lot of his own money into the Ubuntu Project. I don't necessarily think it's right for us to all think we should live off of his dime just because he has a lot of money.

Also, I do agree with you that there are a lot of more worthwhile charities out there that help people with real needs.

[ErikNJ]

I think the best way to support Ubuntu is to contribute in any way you can. That could be maintaining packages, filing bugs, fixing bugs, doing translations, working on upstream projects, etc. I don't think donations are necessary here - there are services sold that can accomplish the same thing without the weirdness of a donation.

[Spice Weasel]

There are so many better charities than open source software. Ones that actually help people.

And even among open source software, why would I donate to Ubuntu, which is sponsored by a for-profit company headed by a millionaire? I'd much rather give to an upstream project which could make much better use of that money.

So no.

This.

[speedwell68]

I haven't made a direct location, but I bought a T Shirt and a Hoodie.

[juancarlospaco]

There are so many better charities than open source software. Ones that actually help people.

I know some people that Get a Job thanks to open source software,
that makes a change on their lifes, that actually help people!.

why would I donate to Ubuntu,

Because i can.

headed by a millionaire? .

A lot of things that you dont understand,
we are united by Freedom ideas, not separated by Money.