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Anybody else ever donate to software projects? (hexbear.net)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by LeninWalksTheEarth@hexbear.net to c/chat@hexbear.net

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And if so what are some worthy ones? I know i've given to VLC, and one of the Firefox forks(can't remember which). I gave some money to Soulseek this month since ive been using that forever.

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[–] WokePalpatine@hexbear.net 15 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Soulseek is an Israeli guy, just so everyone knows. No idea on his politics but the odds aren't great.

[–] Enjoyer_of_Games@hexbear.net 17 points 3 months ago

It's also proprietary so not an open source project at all.

[–] hello_hello@hexbear.net 5 points 2 months ago

If he were antizionist you would hear about how people are quitting soulseek because of antisemitism.

[–] LeninWalksTheEarth@hexbear.net 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

lol oops, well i won't do that again. it does give you the ability to jump the download queue for a month but i rarely need that anymore. At least otherwise it's just free software, doesn't have ads for ICE like on Spotify.

[–] hello_hello@hexbear.net 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The default soulseek client is proprietary. The network AFAIK is also proprietary. No reasoning is provided for this, so assume the worst.

You'll have to use nicotine+ as a free software client.

[–] LeninWalksTheEarth@hexbear.net 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

ah i see. the default Soulseek client is free. ive been using Soulseek for literally 20+ years, it'll be ok.

[–] hello_hello@hexbear.net 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

The default soulseek client is shared free of charge, it is proprietary however. The entire network is also proprietary and centralized.

The distinction is whether it respects the 4 criteria or not.