[thaumaturgy]

The repository maintainers seem pretty shy, but I'm pretty sure that the original author behind apt is this guy: https://github.com/jgunthorpe, and you could send him a few dollars using gittip: https://www.gittip.com/

[jarek]

As jgunthorpe is not located in the U.S., receiving those dollars would involve a manual process and extra fees: https://www.gittip.com/about/