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==Donate money== | ==Donate money== | ||
Emulation development is a time intensive task. It's only fair to reward the contributors. | |||
However, emulator development is often a group effort and there is no fair way to distribute money. | |||
Often developers of emulators can only do their work because research has been done by other people - unfortunately, that work often goes unrewarded. | |||
It's therefore important to understand who you donate to, and how that money will be shared or how it will be used. | |||
Especially for Open-Source projects, there can also be problems with only supporting the core developer group: it might actively discourage other contributors because of the unfair reward system ("Why should I work for free, but XYZ is getting paid on a monthly bases?"). | |||
This can quickly lead to one "hero" developer - if they ever disappear the project is essentially dead because nobody else is familiar with the source-code. | |||
For some projects, there is also no practical use for money: money doesn't write code. | |||
There's also a lot of free services for Open-Source projects, so many projects don't have any expenses. | |||
=== Patreon === | === Patreon === | ||
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=== PayPal and other ways to donate === | === PayPal and other ways to donate === | ||
Some emulators have PayPal addresses and such on their homepages. | Some emulators have PayPal addresses and such on their homepages. | ||
== Big projects == | == Big projects == | ||