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Comment by M95D | Hacker News Reader

This isn't generosity. They probably need it for a bank or something.

I’m not sure that needs specifically pointing out because nowhere in the title nor article does it call this a donation. It’s clearly described as an investment.

The end result is the same though: everyone who uses FreeBSD benefits from this investment.

> Sovereign Transportation Fund to invest €686,400 into Highway Infrastructure

This isn't generosity. They probably need it for a Hospital or something.

It's not generosity, it's investment in infrastructure.

Thank god. Generosity really doesn't align with any of my values. Where's the growth in that.

who cares if its generosity or not... it furthers the OS platform. Provided the money has no strings about the license...

Motivation can be important. After Mozilla started taking Google's money they lost a lot of urgency about competing with Chrome to offer a different view of the internet.

In this case there don't seem to be any concerning dynamics and generosity or lack thereof is irrelevant. It'll be good for FreeBSD.

How could Firefox as a company afford to compete with Chrome or do anything without any revenue? Unfortunately Google's money is almost the only reason why Firefox is still a thing...

It's better that it's not funded out of generosity.

Now the OS projects can have two revenue streams: one funded by generosity, one by self-interest.

What is generosity? Does the word even apply to organizations?

and your point?

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