What's the Deal with the Donate Button?

It's actually NOT there to get you to donate.    If you found this website useful and felt compelled to give-back, though donations would be greatly appreciated, we think your hard-earned money would be better spent in our store.    Since most of the instructional material came from the open-source community, we wouldn't feel right trying to capitalize on that part of this website.    However, the "Think quadratic." brand — the content, the merch, and our partnerships with other retailers — takes our own time and resources to cultivate; and, your patronage will be validation "Think quadratic." is on to something.    So, the "Donate" button is really just a reminder (particularly to tech corporations who may take notice):   this is all for the purpose of growing and educating an aftermarket community and that there's no need to get litigious . . .    All that being said, if you still want to donate to our inevitable legal defense fund — button below.    ;)