Actually, this literally cannot happen.
Totem Arts has made an agreement with EA: as long as Totem Arts does not accept ANY money (charges, donations, et cetera), then EA will allow the project to continue. If you ask any of the developers how to donate money, they will say "nope".
This is refreshing yet disappointing at the same time. Nice to see there won't be any "Freemeium" players out there but sad I cannot support the devs financially. Hopefully they will legally find a loophole around that cuz I'd gladly help em out.