If you, like me, often find yourself with a few dollars in your PayPal you may consider donating them to charity. There are so many good causes to support but a few may touch the heart of a nerd.
- The Electronic Frontier Foundation are an organisation who aim to protect people’s civil liberties online. They’re against censorship, the DMCA, DRM, RFID and attempts to stop file-sharing. Whilst you may not agree with all of these, you will agree with some. The EFF mobilise nerds to lobby against such legislation as well as providing, or funding, legal defence in court. Donate here.
- Wikimedia provide sites such as Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons and Wiktionary which are invaluable resources. However, there is a cost on keeping and sharing all that data (whether it be open-source sound, film or music) and by donating you’re aiding this non-profit organisation in staying online and educating humanity. 57% of donations (which is $2,573,000) will go to technology, such as bandwidth, hardware and paying technicians, and the rest will be used for such things as the legal protection of Wikipedia as well as causes such as providing text books, based on Wikipedia content, to poor Argentinean school pupils. Donate here.
- OpenOffice is a free office suite which Microsoft would charge you hundreds for. They use donations to hire independent developers and promote themselves. Donate here.
- Have an old PC? Why not donate it to Computer Aid International who will give them to schools, hospitals or charities?
- Ubuntu, the Linux distro, use donations to hire developers, promote Ubuntu and provide bounties. Well worth support a Windows competitor! Donate here.
But there are hundreds of other causes. You could always click the ‘donate’ button on that blog or software you like!
“You could always click the ‘donate’ button on that blog…you like”
You suggesting something Joe?
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