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# How we started to donate to Open Source at work
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## Pitching the idea
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## Pitching the idea
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As you might have seen in the news, there have been a lot of articles over the
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As you might have seen in the news, there have been a lot of articles over the
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something in this regard. He quickly saw the reasoning behind the idea and was
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something in this regard. He quickly saw the reasoning behind the idea and was
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willing to continue with the project.
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willing to continue with the project.
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> Just like that?
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> Just like that? \ _Yes just like that. I hope that it will be this easy for
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> everyone who tries to do something similar._
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_Yes just like that. I hope that it will be this easy for everyone who tries to
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do something similar._
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## Getting started
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## Getting started
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was able to spend. It then turned out that the budget would be a **few
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was able to spend. It then turned out that the budget would be a **few
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thousand** Swiss Francs, I could freely allocate.
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thousand** Swiss Francs, I could freely allocate.
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> That doesn't sound like much for a swiss company with over 20 employees.
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> That doesn't sound like much for a swiss company with over 20 employees. \
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> _Compared to the licenses we pay for proprietary software it's indeed not
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_Compared to the licenses we pay for proprietary software it's indeed not that
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> that much. But then again, it's still quite a substancial amount. Who knows
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much. But then again, it's still quite a substancial amount. Who knows maybe it
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> maybe it will grow in the future._
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will grow in the future._
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Last year we had about 40% left which I didn't allocate to a specific project.
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Last year we had about 40% left which I didn't allocate to a specific project.
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We didn't just want to keep the money and were sure that there were very
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We didn't just want to keep the money and were sure that there were very
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important but "hidden" projects we didn't think of. Think OpenSSL for example
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important but "hidden" projects we didn't think of. Think OpenSSL for example
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which was one of the most prominent examples in recent years.\\
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which was one of the most prominent examples in recent years. \
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We first thought about giving the money to the FSFE or a similar foundation. A
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We first thought about giving the money to the FSFE or a similar foundation. A
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lot of them do a very good job, but we felt that some of them might be a bit too
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lot of them do a very good job, but we felt that some of them might be a bit too
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political for a company to donate to.
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political for a company to donate to.
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I'm very happy with the outcome of our donating project. I feel that the
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I'm very happy with the outcome of our donating project. I feel that the
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amount we donate is sustainable, and it shows that we as a company care about
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amount we donate is sustainable, and it shows that we as a company care about
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these projects.\\
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these projects. \
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Since it's my employer I'm writing here about I can't make any predictions, but
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Since it's my employer I'm writing here about I can't make any predictions, but
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I will keep advocating for the use and support of Open Source and especially
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I will keep advocating for the use and support of Open Source and especially
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Free Software inside our company.
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Free Software inside our company.
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For other people that think their employer might be able to contribute to Open
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For other people that think their employer might be able to contribute to Open
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Source projects, I can give the following advice:\\
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Source projects, I can give the following advice: \
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The main reason why we didn't do it before, was that we didn't have someone who
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The main reason why we didn't do it before, was that we didn't have someone who
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carried the idea forward. So go ahead and give it a try :).
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carried the idea forward. So go ahead and give it a try :).
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