I made a small donation to the non-profit organization "Open Source Robot Foundation" OSRF

The trigger is simple.

In 2020, it's hard to start learning Linux device drivers. My goal is to convert my own device into ROS and enjoy it, so I would like to set up a ROS dedicated server (?) Using Raspberry Pi for myself at the end of the year and the beginning of the year for next year.

Of course, I want to use ROS Noetic Ninjemys. I really appreciate the 5 year LTS.

Debian install of ROS Noetic

If you rely on these packages, please support OSRF. These packages are built and hosted on infrastructure maintained and paid for by the Open Source Robotics Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. If OSRF were to receive one penny for each downloaded package for just two months, we could cover our annual costs to manage, update, and host all of our online services. Please consider donating to OSRF today. (Google translate) ** If you depend on these packages, please support OSRF. ** ** These packages are built and hosted on a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization, the Open Source Robotics Foundation, which is maintained and paid for. If OSRF receives one penny for each package downloaded for just two months, it can cover the annual cost of managing, updating, and hosting all online services. Consider donating to OSRF today.

So I tried ...

When I look at the ROS Wiki, I suddenly get a message like this ... Well, it's true that I'm working on ROS when I'm free from working from home in Corona, so it may be a "dependent" relationship, so I decided to donate even a little.

"DONATE" is highlighted in the upper right corner of the top page. Click to proceed

1. Your Email (email address) You will receive a Thank you email later.
1. Your Contribution The donation amount can be selected as a small amount such as "$ 2" with the radio button, but it seems that it can be set freely with "other Amount". As a starting point, I chose $ 12 (about 1250 yen?) From the radio button.
1. Payment You can also pay by credit card.
Review & Donate

Just fill in and select in the order of.

that's all?

When you make a donation, you will receive the message Open Robotics: Thank You at the email address you registered. Of course, there is no "thank you item" like hometown tax payment. I'd like to give you a T-shirt, but it's not possible for $ 12, so it's just for the satisfaction of my heart.

Even now, even though it is nominally offered as a "free" service, it is actually just a trade-off for the provision of personal information (that is, the anonymized behavioral information with GPS tags is extracted from the terminal and the data itself or the data Since there are so many fake [^ 1] free services that the analysis results are bought and sold behind the scenes, it is better for security to pay donations by donations and not link them with personal information. I think.

[^ 1]: This is not "free" as long as it is absolutely in consideration, and I wonder why the Fair Trade Commission and the Personal Information Protection Commission do not consider advertisements for such nominal "free" services as a problem. It doesn't become.