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icepush | 3 months ago

You can make donations to a for-profit business. You just can't deduct it from your taxable income.

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spelk|3 months ago

I don't have any input on direct user funding for Firefox, but Thunderbird is also developed by a for-profit entity and accepts direct user funding with no charitable tax deductions as well. [0] https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/donate/

[0] https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/donate/

unknown|3 months ago

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fhd2|3 months ago

Exactly, and to my knowledge the receiving party needs to pay profit tax on them. It's called a donation, but technically more of a pay-what-you-want model. Several businesses do that.