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I wish they had done an appeal before the end of 2013. I usually do my donations then, when I "close the books" for the year.

From their donation page, donations are not tax-deductible (for individuals at least; businesses may be able to expense them).

Nevertheless, I donated $50 just for the excellent work they do on OpenSSH.

A very rational decision. Nobody else will sell you a comparable product for that price. Is there even a comparable product?

They did:

> Date: 2013-12-17 18:20:48

It just took a month to have this thread on HN (there were others).