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Updated Why don't you accept donations? (markdown)

Raymond Hill 2014-07-08 23:21:37 -07:00
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@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ If I were to accept donations, I would be unable to **not** disclose **exactly**
If I were to accept donations, then in my opinion, the projects (µBlock, HTTP Switchboard) would start a slow descent toward becoming dependent on outside funding, a slow descent toward a mean to earn funds, and this drift eventually leads to the projects' main purpose becoming vulnerable to other agendas -- which considering the purpose of these extensions is not a good thing.
There are excellent open source projects out there which accept donations and are not compromised. Some others are in my opinion. So, as it is, I don't want these projects to have a dedicated home page (requires funding), a forum (requires funding), or whatever requires funding. No financial footprint means no way the main purpose can be preempted (µBlock, HTTP Switchboard are GPLv3). It bothers me Firefox decided to go along with [HTML5 DRM](http://www.defectivebydesign.org/no-drm-in-html5).
There are excellent open source projects out there which accept donations and are not compromised. Some others are in my opinion. So, as it is, I don't want µBlock/HTTP Switchboard to have a dedicated home page (requires funding), a forum (requires funding), or whatever requires funding. No financial footprint means no way the main purpose can be diverted (µBlock, HTTP Switchboard are GPLv3). It bothers me Firefox decided to go along with [HTML5 DRM](http://www.defectivebydesign.org/no-drm-in-html5).
##### Another reason, I want to be free to do whatever I want.
I may get bored with these projects and wanting to move on to something else. Accepting donations would force me to keep working on these projects, because people who donate usually have reasonable expectations in return for their donations: to keep the projects going. I want to be free of such funds-related expectations. Sorry if this sounds selfish.
I may get bored with these projects and wanting to move on to something else. Accepting donations would force me to keep working on these projects, because people who donate usually have reasonable expectations in return for their donations: to keep the projects going. I want to be free of such funds-related expectations.