| ▲ | PurpleRamen 2 days ago | |
If all they need is an invoice and some papers, then it seems like a business-opportunity? Offer the service to manage their donations to OSS-projects, maybe offer some additional software for managing which OSS they are using and how much those need in donations. Seems like something the FSS should offer. | ||
| ▲ | thayne 2 days ago | parent | next [-] | |
That may work for some businesses, but IME, the people who hold the purse strings generally aren't ok with just giving money to a project without getting something in return. Especially if it isn't a 501(c) non-profit they can get tax deductions for. I think it is actually a bit of a gap in tax law, because I don't think such a donation would count as a business expense either if you don't get something concrete in exchange. | ||
| ▲ | bpt3 2 days ago | parent | prev [-] | |
You just described Github Sponsors, Tidelift, and a couple other less well known competitors. It's a business opportunity, but not a great one from what I can tell. | ||