Re: [Trisquel-users] Stallman on the Linux Action Show

[tegskywalker]

The difference between giving money to a company compared to donations is  
that when you pay a company, you know what you are getting the majority of  
the time. You go to the store and buy a tablet with certain specifications  
because that is what your money is exactly going towards. Same with creating  
a website. You give the company a proposal and then invoice them saying that  
you have created a finalized product with a certain amount of hours and that  
is what the client is getting. The expectations and final result are set in  
stone and agreed upon between the person buying and selling.

With a donation, it is more in good faith you are giving the money. That is  
why there are so many Kickstarter projects in the thousands to support an  
idea. The product may be a work in progress and may not even complete, but  
people hope that by giving that entity cash that it would motivate the  
developer and in return, help the person donating. Same goes for Trisquel  
where the members donate to give an extra bit of motivation to Ruben so he  
remains passionate about the product and the users (like myself) have some  
reassurance that his ideals and progress mimic our expectations.