You are using Free Software every day and would like to contribute back but you don't have any time to commit? No worries, here's a simple way to make you feel better and to help Free Software.
Join Flattr
Join Flattr and use it to support Free Software developers. Flattr is social micropayment system, you decide how much you spend on it every month and the money is split between all the things that you “flattr'd”. More and more Free Software projects are putting Flattr buttons on their websites, and many individual developers are also putting them in their blogs.
Flattr a Free Software Each Month
If you regularly visit Free Software related websites, you will likely see Flattr buttons (similar to the picture on the right): just make sure to click on them if you appreciate the work done.
If you're not in the above case, or if you want recommendations of Free Software to flattr, you should fill the form below. You will get exactly one mail each month with a few suggestions of Free Software projects to flattr. If none of the suggestions inspire you, you can always pick up something else to flattr (see below for ways to do that). But at least you have a reminder that you need to flattr a Free Software project/developer to fulfill the promise that you made to yourself.
Find Free Software to Flattr
You can use a variety of directories to find Free Software projects or developers that are using Flattr:
- Flattr itself: with tags foss, open source, free software, opensource, freesoftware.
- Delicious: with tags flattr-foss or flattr-foss-people.
- Identi.ca: with the people tag flattrfoss.
It might take some time to find something that you like or use in those listings but you have the broadest choices… you get to decide the approach that you prefer.
Let People Know
Micro-donations can have a significant impact if many people participate. So tell your friends and share the news!
History and Feedback
If you want to give feedback, you can either mail me directly or use one of the blog posts below to leave a comment: