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Sure it's offered free of charge -- and immediately next to the big "Download" button is a big "Donate" button.

> Maybe they do actually donate to the project, contribute code, or support in other means.

Maybe instead of shaming, the question is a cue for them to mention one of those things.

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In the US it's Thanskgiving week. It's nice to give thanks. It can also be nice to give other things -- like support to a project that has saved/made your company non-trivial money. Not required, but nice.

To be clear, I think it would be fair if they answer something like: "I am trying to get my company to contribute... but as my original story showed, my company is pretty shitty at making simple decisions." :)




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