Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> writes:

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>   > AFAIU, there are no nonfree payment services, except some crypto
>   > payments.
>
> In Europe, at least, there is bank transfer.  If you go to a bank
> branch, I think, you can do transfers to someone else's account without
> running any particular software.

This is becoming harder and harder, because banks push everyone to use
onlinebanking — with non-free apps and non-free Javascript. And it costs
money: A bank transfer by going to the branch is nowadays more expensive
than the amount people usually donate per month.

>   > So, does what you say imply that GNU packages should not provide any
>   > donation options, except crypto (via free payment software)?
>
> Yes, sad to say they should not directly offer donation methods.

So they should rather link to liberapay, so it is not a direct offer?

After the initial setup liberapay usually does the automatic renewal, so
it is not necessary to interact with non-free Javascript after the
initial setup. That’s not perfect, but much better than PayPal.
https://liberapay.com/about/payment-processors

> The FSF manages to accept credit card donations without making donors
> run nonfree software.  But it is not easy to arrange that.

And it does not work for many people in Europe (I for example have no
credit card).

Best wishes,
Arne
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