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Description

This is a list - using certain criteria - of libre projects accepting crypto-currencies that I think deserve more donations.

License

Project released under the terms of the WTFPL version 2.

Criteria

  • Entirely libre, including the project web site i.e. using libre technologies, for example libre JavaScript, and avoiding horrible proprietary technologies e.g. Cloudflare, etc. Additionally, having opt-out cookies and statistics utilities monitoring the traffic is discouraged.
  • Preferably, the project should NOT use terms that should be avoided.
  • Preferably, the project should accept multiple crypto-currencies.
  • Projects that approve of the limitation of liberty, especially fundamental concepts of liberty - free speech, etc. -, are excluded.

List

  1. Trisquel GNU/Linux - (Bitcoin only) entirely libre Ubuntu derivative; GNU and the Linux-libre kernel. Surely the perfect libre GNU+Linux distribution for novices.

  2. ReactOS - (Bitcoin only) Libre replacement for Windows that is currently approximately equivalent to Windows 2003, XP, or even Vista. Unfortunately, its use with proprietary software and drivers meant for Windows is one of the stated goals of the project.

  3. Enlightenment - (Bitcoin, Monero, Ethereum, Litecoin, or Dogecoin) the desktop environment that I currently use; its design is very polished, and while many do not call it a proper D.E. cause of its lack of native software, it still has lots of features.

  4. Trinity Desktop Environment / TDE - (Bitcoin only)

'[...] Computer desktop environment [...] with a primary goal of retaining the function and form of traditional desktop computers.'

  1. Uguu - (Bitcoin, Ethereum) Libre temporary file hosting software and web site, use this instead of Catbox's 'Litterbox' service.

  2. Lain.la - (Bitcoin, Ethereum, Dogecoin, Monero) Principally popular for its permanent file hosting service, it is a libre Pomf clone which you should use instead of Catbox. Lain.la also provides numerous other services.

  3. Mumble - (Bitcoin only, unverified donation page) Questionable if financial support is required; it's already performant, relatively popular, and the donation page isn't present on the primary web page.

Excluded

  • KDE - German non-profit responsible for a lot of libre software projects. The primary reason for its exclusion is that it already is large, popular, and receives a lot of financial support. Additionally, it is very important to say that they currently do not accept crypto-currencies and seem unwilling to.
    The note linked above briefly explains that the German government considers crypto-currencies as a form of speculation, and that thus KDE's non-profit status would be endangered if they accept crypto-currencies - even if they say they reject crypto-currencies 'regretfully', in my opinion there's a clear lack of volition as, for example, the ReactOS non-profit is also German yet accepts bitcoins. Even if that's relatively a grey area legally, KDE could still accept crypto financial supports by having a secondary, independent non-profit that would manage the donations in crypto-currencies; that way, it wouldn't endanger the primary non-profit if the secondary one faces legal problems.