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DasIch
on Oct 10, 2012
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Canonical asks desktop users to “pay what you thin...
Optional payment != Donation.
Given that Canonical is commercial I very much doubt that they are even allowed to take donations.
dkulchenko
on Oct 10, 2012
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Canonical is commercial, the Ubuntu Foundation is not:
http://www.ubuntu.com/news/UbuntuFoundation
. Ubuntu's been accepting donations for quite a while, long before they added this.
recoiledsnake
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The PayPal donation page says Canonical Ltd, so it looks like it's not the Ubuntu Foundation that's taking the money.
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Given that Canonical is commercial I very much doubt that they are even allowed to take donations.