Questions tagged [donation]

Questions about donating to Canonical/Ubuntu project. If you have a problem while or after the donation process, please contact Canonical directly.

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Donations to ubuntu? Fiscal deduction?

Is there any online facility to donate to Ubuntu on a recurrent (monthly) basis? Are there any fiscal/tax deductions for doing so? If so, in what countries?
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How can I donate to Ubuntu without PayPal?

When I wanted to download Ubuntu 12.10 from ubuntu.com, I was asked to make a donation. However, there is only a PayPal option to make the payment. But I don't use PayPal. Is there any other option to make the payment?
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Can I still get Ubuntu after my first download attempt fails?

I paid $15.00 US and the download failed at approximately 300 megabytes, what do I do now? I don't know what else I can contribute here -- it failed.
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Does Canonical accept BTC/Bitcoins as donations?

I was wondering if there is a way to donate with bitcoin to Canonical? I would love to donate, but the only funds available to me now are bitcoins.
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Can I donate less than $1 to Ubuntu?

I'd like to donate an amount less than $1. Is that possible?
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Are there alternative payment methods for donations?

PayPal won't accept the card I have, and I wanted to say "thank you" for all the work on Ubuntu with, well, some cash. How else can I pay?
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How do you donate money to Ubuntu?

I've been using Ubuntu for months now and I will like to make a donation of $20.00 (its worth $200.00) Seriously, I checked out the website, and couldn’t find anywhere to donate. How can I make a donation?
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Do donations go to Canonical or to the Ubuntu Foundation?

In the downloads page, you can contribute to Ubuntu by donating money. I recall someone saying that this money goes to for-profit Canonical to do as they please, and not to the not-for-profit Ubuntu Foundation. Can anyone find a source for this…
Flimm
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Can Ubuntu accept bitcoin donations? It seems to be paypal only right now

Ubuntu should have alternative methods for donation. Paypal is very good for international donations or an ideal payment service.
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How to do a 50$ donation

I have been using Ubuntu for many years and would like to give 50 CDN dollars, using my Visa card not Paypal. How do I proceed Thanks
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Why doesn't Canonical/Ubuntu accept bitcoin contributions?

I see many questions here about alternatives to Paypal, but no concrete information about why bitcoin (aka universal, Open Source and Free, community-driven money which does not discriminate based on economic status or geography)... is not…
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How can I make a monthly donation?

is there a simple way to make a monthly donation to Ubuntu ? I would like to do so but i don't want to do it manually every month. Federico
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I wish to make a donation and get an invoice

Ubuntu is great and deserves some gratitude, but if it can be deducted from my taxes it's even greater! How may I get an invoice for the donation I am about to make? Thanks, Mikhail
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I'd like to give for free several landscape images I made, to be used as desktop backgrounds in future releases

I want to give for free several very nice images I took, to be included as optional backgrounds. If you know how I can do it, please tell me! Cheers!
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How do I download and not pay another 16 bucks?

I downloaded Ubuntu 13.04 (64 b) and donated my 16 bucks, and I cannot find it on my computer anywhere.