q: Why give $50 to software when more urgent causes are in need?a: It’s not a zero sum game. Giving begets giving. You can donate to the food bank too.q: Don’t software engineers have enough money?a: Some software engineers are upper class. Most open-source labor is not done by them. But that’s not the point. Labor should be compensated, and it degrades the whole industry when we allow it to be done for free and then exploited for profit.