Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2016 18:04:33 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <matthew@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Any idea why freebsd.org is using PayPal for donations ? Message-ID: <c338da94-7249-bedf-fa87-e884b3146b36@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <VI1PR02MB0974443E55742A14F4C83E92F6310@VI1PR02MB0974.eurprd02.prod.outlook.com> References: <VI1PR02MB0974443E55742A14F4C83E92F6310@VI1PR02MB0974.eurprd02.prod.outlook.com>
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --8kHc26QnSJGeroGEs4fnpSIFHAiu8IDP8 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="BMB6CsuaS5PMiBssCHqK2tGTsWRelapkg" From: Matthew Seaman <matthew@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <c338da94-7249-bedf-fa87-e884b3146b36@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Any idea why freebsd.org is using PayPal for donations ? References: <VI1PR02MB0974443E55742A14F4C83E92F6310@VI1PR02MB0974.eurprd02.prod.outlook.com> In-Reply-To: <VI1PR02MB0974443E55742A14F4C83E92F6310@VI1PR02MB0974.eurprd02.prod.outlook.com> --BMB6CsuaS5PMiBssCHqK2tGTsWRelapkg Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2016/07/13 17:34, Manish Jain wrote: >=20 > Hi, >=20 > I yesterday made a very small donation of USD 10 to FreeBSD via my=20 > credit card. The amount is trifling, by all standards, but it made me=20 > happy. But I was mighty unhappy that FreeBSD donations at freebsd.org=20 > are now crafted by PayPal. In my opinion, PayPal is a bunch of thugs wh= o=20 > charge 2x for everything they do. >=20 > For making my donation, PayPal first set up a 'handshake' transaction o= f=20 > USD 1. I had no option but to accept that transaction too. So I ended u= p=20 > donating USD 10 to FreeBSD, and USD 1 to PayPal. As much as I want to=20 > donate to FreeBSD, I also want that none of my money ends up as booty=20 > with PayPal, a company I absolutely hate for its business model,=20 > practice and internal work ethos (I have worked at PayPal for 6 months = > to know how bad things are at PayPal). >=20 > The way the system works, I can't reclaim my USD 1 that now enriches=20 > PayPal accounts. You will have donated via the FreeBSD Foundation as the legal entity behind the project (ie. something that can run bank accounts and disperse monies.) It's actually a Foundation webpage that you get to by clicking on the 'Donate' button on www.freebsd.org. Now, that donations page gives you 4 different ways to donate money to the project, of which PayPal is only one alternative. 'Click & Pledge' looks to me like pretty much like what you would have wanted instead of PayPal. However, if you're unsure, why not ask the FF people? There's a form here: https://www.freebsdfoundation.org/about/contact-us/ or there's phone numbers and e-mail addresses on that page. Quite apart from anything else, they will be very glad to get feedback on the methods they provide for handling donations. Cheers, Matthew --BMB6CsuaS5PMiBssCHqK2tGTsWRelapkg-- --8kHc26QnSJGeroGEs4fnpSIFHAiu8IDP8 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Comment: GPGTools - https://gpgtools.org iQJ8BAEBCgBmBQJXhnSoXxSAAAAAAC4AKGlzc3Vlci1mcHJAbm90YXRpb25zLm9w ZW5wZ3AuZmlmdGhob3JzZW1hbi5uZXQxOUYxNTRFQ0JGMTEyRTUwNTQ0RTNGMzAw MDUxM0YxMEUwQTlFNEU3AAoJEABRPxDgqeTnidgQAI5zRGRuUDd/WURjSsDWP4gX RCaQH5ii4a7BJLEPliBiikmqIPtWLbCYrxlBLdw1f5zc1p2rci7VKcLH9d7Dm2lm qa3OPD38ny8TvkB5ja9fkTSYPMnhHZsD2J0p5HJ5NtwgXOWehXdt2mNUkfTOxDWn 5dq+zKxxd76v/7tu8BQoBB0LIPVCwLMRA4kt/jwQSAM84Jm8Z3dQLQcqpfkPZXni 1wyT1/SRo7e+MIry6P5gy/O2UUt/RbbZD53ewAyoscJXVMO688Lzhxh26ce8+G/A 7zzdr06JILH/CWKGUX2JdmumVZfeOHhX4s6ENIhhAXdoRPCKryZ3kGh4A/iCO6mI 6LUdBFyeV52zD/hKUCrvrwLuTbQt0lIjFv03So4UuLLIcELcm1nTW7hO5byhJB0A XNHEESdBin6jZ1SLvZ0m0fgwx+hlY+w0tmrquKvtXnJfhzjsyknV2ld1AUYlKxvI ghKYKcUINMItwCEcM600dovbsVcS4Uxw8i2KZ9JZYaAmDzkyfIuf70VF8SnYGI2D 6e928XqTPJhR18DA90UI/qxIo9ocLRtxtgbiRgFSn8TsJ4tOP0WdZKRUqI0aoGZw CyRhysY0/tOaHST6Uy2vR/pXk9vu7LKUds/UB4sY/pQEBCrH9lkTLcDiKHjE7I2W ejivlkxaYVe2K1zxasiX =ywle -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --8kHc26QnSJGeroGEs4fnpSIFHAiu8IDP8--
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