From a48785e5e134a8343fac160064b6f482546de544 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Raymond Hill Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2014 23:21:37 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Updated Why don't you accept donations? (markdown) --- Why-don't-you-accept-donations?.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Why-don't-you-accept-donations?.md b/Why-don't-you-accept-donations?.md index 7ff4129..a382572 100644 --- a/Why-don't-you-accept-donations?.md +++ b/Why-don't-you-accept-donations?.md @@ -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. \ No newline at end of file +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. \ No newline at end of file