В 15:20 +0100 на 01.03.2014 (сб), mikko.viinamaki[@nospam] написа:

> I wonder wouldn't a centralized way be better?


I think this is what the Software Freedom Conservancy does (for
donations?). [1] See the list of member projects. [2]

> It would be easier to promote one fundraiser.

A centralized fundraiser has one disadvantage. It is not clear how the
funds should be divided and between which projects. One option would be
to choose which project should benefit during the contribution
submission. I think the FSF had an option to choose if a donation is for
specific project or cause, or one that they decide how to use best.


> Like say FSF would do a huge annual fundraiser and then publicly distribute  
> the funds.

The FSF helps mainly official GNU projects. The two main reasons are:

* they have limited staff 
* for GNU projects there are requirements, which guaranties that the
project will stay free software, follow other useful guidelines and
behave well towards its users.

[1]
https://sfconservancy.org/

[2]
https://sfconservancy.org/members/current/

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