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+With [my move away from macOS][mac-alternative] in 2017 to open source
+operating systems I was aware that my software spending would reduce as most
+software I use these days is provided without financial cost. I decided early
+in the year to try to make a point to redirect these savings towards some of
+the projects I was now benefiting from as well as to some people that were
+doing interesting work. In addition I wanted to ramp up my own open source
+contributions.
+
+I acknowledge that I'm very lucky to be in the privileged position to have the
+means to contribute time and money to these projects and I'm by no means
+suggesting everyone must do the same. I am still far away from contributing to
+all the projects I benefit from but am thankful for all the time and effort
+that goes into each and every one.
+
+## elementary OS
+
+I started the year running [elementary] as my macOS replacement and was
+strongly incentivised to see it succeed. I contributed through [bug
+bounties][bounties], recurring payments on [Patreon][donate-elementary],
+[merchandise][merch-elementary] and an [Indiegogo campaign][indie-elementary].
+
+**Contribution:** $281.48
+
+## Arch Linux
+
+As my primary OS at work and on my laptop [Arch] was also high on my list of
+projects to support. I contribute through [recurring donation][donate-arch].
+
+**Contribution:** $120
+
+## FreeBSD
+
+I run [FreeBSD] on my two Digital Ocean servers, as well as on my NAS and as of
+the latter part of 2017, the primary OS on my home desktop computer. I
+contribute through [recurring donation][donate-freebsd].
+
+**Contribution:** $120
+
+## NetBSD
+
+I run [NetBSD] on a little $15 a year server but also have a soft spot for it
+as it was the first UNIX like OS I installed many year ago. NetBSD doesn't get
+all that much attention these days but they have some interesting projects like
+[pkgsrc], [Rump kernel][Rump], and [anita], so it was important to me to send
+some dollars their way. NetBSD don't have a recurring donation mechanism so I
+made a [one off donation][donate-netbsd] at the end of the year.
+
+**Contribution:** $60
+
+## OpenBSD
+
+I don't run [OpenBSD] directly, aside from an install on my laptop to check in
+with its progress now and then. However, the project has had a huge impact on
+the software world and in my opinion doesn't get enough credit (or funds) for
+this. Some of their projects of note are: 
+
+* [OpenSSH] (including `ssh`, `scp`, `sftp`, `ssh-agent`)
+* [LibreSSL]
+* [tmux]
+* [pf firewall][pf]
+* [OpenSMTPD]
+
+Even if you don't use OpenBSD directly it's likely you're benefiting from one
+of their projects. I contributed through [recurring donation][donate-openbsd]
+and [merchandise][merch-openbsd].
+
+**Contribution:** $150
+
+## Solus OS
+
+Early in the year I was using the [Budgie desktop][solus] on Arch as my desktop
+environment.  Eventually I switched to GNOME but sent them funds for a while. I
+contributed to [Solus on Patreon][donate-solus].
+
+**Contribution:** $50
+
+
+## GNOME
+
+[GNOME] is the desktop environment I use on all my systems now. I like the
+integration of all the components and the relatively uncluttered UI. The
+project is huge, spanning low level libraries, the GTK toolkit, applications
+built with these libraries, and the desktop environment itself.
+
+When you, "[Become a Friend of GNOME][donate-gnome]", you get to adopt a
+hacker and receive a post card from a GNOME developer. I chose [Christian
+Hergert], for all the excellent work he's doing on [GNOME Builder].
+
+**Contribution:** $45
+
+## Mozilla
+
+[Mozilla] make my browser of choice, [Firefox], but also favourite programming
+language, [Rust].  They're also strong proponents for the open web and pushing
+new technologies like web assembly forward. I contribute through [recurring
+donation][donate-mozilla].
+
+**Contribution:** $35
+
+## Neovim
+
+I use [Neovim] pretty much every day and it is one of the primary tools I use
+in my day job. This very post was written in it. Supporting its continued
+development is definitely in my interest. I contribute through [recurring
+donation][donate-neovim].
+
+**Contribution:** $60
+
+## Individual Creators
+
+These are people doing interesting work or are responsible for things I benefit
+from.
+
+* [Jeremy Soller] is creating [Redox OS], an MIT licensed OS written in Rust.
+  $60
+* [Gargron] is creating the [Mastodon] federated social network. You can find
+  me at <https://mastodon.social/@wezm>. $40
+* [Jorge Aparicio] is doing fantastic work building Rust tooling and pushing
+  the state of the art of [Rust on microcontrollers][embedded-rust]. $35
+* [Steve Wills] does a stack of work on [FreeBSD ports/packages][swills-ports].
+  $10
+* [Drew DeVault] (sircmpwn) is building a bunch of interesting open source
+  tools, including the [sway] tiling Wayland compositor for Linux and FreeBSD.
+  $15
+
+**Contribution:** $160
+
+## Bug Bounties
+
+Bug bounties seem like a nice way to make bug fixes more appealing, reward
+folks that fix bugs you've encountered or to make a feature request a little
+more rewarding for a developer. Excluding the bounties that resulted from my
+elementary use detailed above I also posted these bounties:
+
+| Project        | Amount   |
+| -------------- | -------- |
+| [dopen]        | $20      |
+| [neovim-gtk]   | $40      |
+| [GNOME - vte]  | $100     |
+| [Plack]        | $15      |
+| [Maya]         | $10      |
+| [Geary]        | $50      |
+| **TOTAL**      | $235     |
+
+## Other One Off Contributions
+
+* [rEFInd boot manager][refind] $10
+* [Pass for iOS][pass-ios] $15
+* [archive.org] $10
+
+**Contribution:** $35
+
+## Open Source Contributions
+
+In addition to financial contributions, in 2017 I also tried to make more open
+source contributions, both to projects and by releasing my own work.  Some of
+these were just small README improvements, others were new features or
+operating system support. Some of the highlights are:
+
+* Add, fix, or improve FreeBSD and OpenBSD support in the [nix], [libc],
+  [rust-users] crates.
+* Various [small fixes][pr-dot] to the [dot], dotfiles manager.
+* Replace the deprecated use of `rustc_serialize` with `serde` in the
+  [maxminddb crate][maxminddb].
+* Convert the [Scala STM] documentation from Textile to Markdown so that their
+  website could be brought back online.
+* Create and maintain some [AUR packages].
+* Build and publish [titlecase] tool and crate.
+
+## Conclusion
+
+So all up I donated $1,351.48. That's likely more than I would have
+spent on commercial software in the year but still not a huge amount in the
+grand scheme of things. I hope it helps all these great projects.
+
+In the past year I am happy with the code and documentation contributions
+I made. In the future I'd like to be releasing or contributing more sizable
+chunks of code... We'll see how that goes in 2018.
+
+[anita]: https://github.com/gson1703/anita
+[Arch]: https://www.archlinux.org/
+[archive.org]: https://archive.org/
+[AUR packages]: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/?K=wezm&SeB=m
+[bounties]: https://www.bountysource.com/people/24354-wezm
+[Christian Hergert]: https://blogs.gnome.org/chergert/
+[donate-arch]: https://www.archlinux.org/donate/
+[donate-elementary]: https://www.patreon.com/elementary
+[donate-freebsd]: https://www.freebsdfoundation.org/donate/
+[donate-gnome]: https://www.gnome.org/friends/
+[donate-mozilla]: https://donate.mozilla.org/
+[donate-neovim]: https://salt.bountysource.com/teams/neovim
+[donate-netbsd]: https://www.netbsd.org/donations/#how-to-donate
+[donate-openbsd]: http://www.openbsd.org/donations.html
+[donate-solus]: https://www.patreon.com/solus
+[dopen]: https://www.bountysource.com/trackers/59191989-tmccombs-dopen
+[dot]: https://github.com/ubnt-intrepid/dot
+[Drew DeVault]: https://www.patreon.com/sircmpwn
+[elementary]: https://elementary.io/
+[embedded-rust]: http://blog.japaric.io/
+[Firefox]: https://www.mozilla.org/firefox/
+[FreeBSD]: https://www.freebsd.org/
+[Gargron]: https://www.patreon.com/mastodon
+[Geary]: https://www.bountysource.com/trackers/403531-geary
+[GNOME - vte]: https://www.bountysource.com/trackers/11153430-gnome-vte
+[GNOME Builder]: https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Builder
+[GNOME]: https://www.gnome.org/
+[indie-elementary]: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/appcenter-the-pay-what-you-want-app-store#/
+[Jeremy Soller]: https://www.patreon.com/redox_os
+[Jorge Aparicio]: https://www.patreon.com/japaric
+[libc]: https://github.com/rust-lang/libc/pulls?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=is%3Apr+author%3Awezm+created%3A2017-01-01..2017-12-31
+[LibreSSL]: https://www.libressl.org/
+[mac-alternative]: http://bitcannon.net/post/finding-an-alternative-to-mac-os-x/
+[Mastodon]: https://joinmastodon.org/
+[maxminddb]: https://github.com/oschwald/maxminddb-rust
+[Maya]: https://www.bountysource.com/trackers/52097-maya
+[merch-elementary]: https://elementary.io/store/
+[merch-openbsd]: https://openbsdstore.com/
+[Mozilla]: https://www.mozilla.org/
+[neovim-gtk]: https://www.bountysource.com/trackers/40104917-daa84-neovim-gtk
+[Neovim]: https://neovim.io/
+[NetBSD]: https://www.netbsd.org/
+[nix]: https://github.com/nix-rust/nix/pulls?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=is%3Apr+author%3Awezm+created%3A2017-01-01..2017-12-31
+[OpenBSD]: http://www.openbsd.org/
+[OpenSMTPD]: https://www.opensmtpd.org/
+[OpenSSH]: https://www.openssh.com/
+[pass-ios]: https://github.com/mssun/passforios
+[pf]: https://man.openbsd.org/pf.4
+[pkgsrc]: http://www.pkgsrc.org/
+[Plack]: https://www.bountysource.com/trackers/262089-plank
+[pr-dot]: https://github.com/ubnt-intrepid/dot/pulls?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=is%3Apr+author%3Awezm+created%3A2017-01-01..2017-12-31
+[Redox OS]: https://www.redox-os.org/
+[refind]: http://www.rodsbooks.com/refind/
+[Rump]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rump_kernel
+[rust-users]: https://github.com/ogham/rust-users/pulls?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=is%3Apr+author%3Awezm+created%3A2017-01-01..2017-12-31
+[Rust]: https://www.rust-lang.org/
+[Scala STM]: https://nbronson.github.io/scala-stm/
+[solus]: https://solus-project.com/
+[Steve Wills]: https://www.patreon.com/swills
+[sway]: http://swaywm.org/
+[swills-ports]: http://www.freshports.org/search.php?stype=committer&method=match&query=swills&num=10&orderby=category&orderbyupdown=asc&search=Search
+[titlecase]: https://github.com/wezm/titlecase
+[tmux]: http://tmux.github.io/

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+---
+title: Software Contributions 2017
+extra: In 2017 I tried to support more of the projects and developers I use. This is a summary of the year.
+kind: article
+section: technical
+created_at: 2018-01-01 10:14:00.000000000 +11:00
+keywords:
+- donation
+- open
+- source
+short_url: