Include some info on information we need for a donation request, how
donations are handled, and so on.
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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" [
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<!ENTITY base CDATA "..">
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<!ENTITY date "$FreeBSD$">
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<!ENTITY date "$FreeBSD: www/en/donations/index.sgml,v 1.1 2002/05/09 12:50:53 mwlucas Exp $">
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<!ENTITY title "FreeBSD Donations Liason">
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<!ENTITY email 'freebsd-donations'>
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<!ENTITY % includes SYSTEM "../includes.sgml"> %includes;
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<ul>
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<li><a href="#goal">Donations Liason Goals</a></li>
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<li><a href="#charter">Donations Liason Charter</a></li>
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<li><a href="#donating">Donating to the FreeBSD Project</a></li>
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</ul>
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<a name="goal"></a>
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developer community.</li>
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</ul>
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<a name="donating"></a>
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<h2>Donating to the FreeBSD Project</h2>
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<p>So, you want to donate something to the FreeBSD Project?
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Great! We strongly rely upon user donations to accomplish our
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goals.</p>
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<p>Part of the goal of the Donations Liason Office is to match
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donations with developers who can use them. This means that we
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don't accept just any donation; we only handle those that have
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an interested recipient. This saves time all around, and also
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helps assure donors that what their contributions are actually
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supporting the FreeBSD Project. The down side of this process
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is that we need some information about your donation before
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accepting it.</p>
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<p>Donations generally fall into three categories:</p>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="#money">Financial</a></li>
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<li><a href="#systems">Complete Computers</a></li>
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<li><a href="#hardware">Hardware Components</a></li>
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</ul>
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<p>If you have something to offer that doesn't fall into one of
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these categories, don't fret! Just contact us at
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donations@FreeBSD.org with your offer. Just because it's not
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the run-of-the-mill offer doesn't mean that we're not
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interested.</p>
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<h3><a name="money">Financial Contributions</a></h3>
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<p>The FreeBSD Project does not directly accept financial
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contributions. A sponsor organization, the <a
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href="http://www.freebsdfoundation.org">FreeBSD Foundation</a>,
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accepts financial contributions for us. Please see their Web
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site for details on financial contributions.</p>
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<h3><a name="systems">Complete Computer Systems</a></h3>
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<p>The FreeBSD Project is always in need of computers. We are
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happy to accept donations that can be used by a developer. If
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you have a computer that you would like to donate to the
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Project, please contact us with the following information:</p>
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<ul>
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<li>Hardware specifications: motherboard, CPU, disk space,
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memory. (If the computer is an Alpha, please also include the
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output of the commands SHOW CONFIG, SHOW MEM, and SHOW
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DEV.)</li>
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<li>Does this system currently run FreeBSD, or is it
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unsupported? If possible, please attach a dmesg from a
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FreeBSD install on this system.</li>
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<li>Are you willing to ship this system?</li>
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<li>Your physical location. We try to make shipping as easy and
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inexpensive as possible.</li>
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</ul>
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<h3><a name="components">Computer Components</a></h3>
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<p>If we're going to support a type of hardware, we need that
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hardware. If you have a piece of hardware that you would like
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to donate to the Project, please contact us with the following
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information:</p>
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<ul>
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<li>The hardware description: model, part number, manufacturer,
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etc. If you have an exact link to the manufacturer's Web page
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for this component, that would be helpful.</li>
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<li>Is this hardware currently supported in FreeBSD?</li>
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<li>What documentation do you have? A piece of hardware is not
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sufficient to write a driver; driver authors need detailed
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chipset data from the manufacturer. (Don't worry too much if
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you don't have this documentation, as it may be available
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elsewhere.)</li>
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</ul>
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<h3>What we Do with this Information</h3>
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<p>Once we have a description of the donation, the Donations
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Liason Office will contact the developer community and offer the
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resource to them. If we have a developer who would like the
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item, we put the donor and the recipient in contact and let them
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work out shipping information. If there are multilpe developers
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interested in a resource, we try to learn what each developer
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would use the resource for and allocate it most effectively for
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the Project. If no developer is interested, we turn down the
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offer.</p>
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<p>Our goal is to place (or decline) all donations within 7 days
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of receipt of complete information.</p>
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<h3>Tax Donations</h3>
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<p>The FreeBSD Foundation can act as a charitable organization for
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tax purposes. If you live in the United States, your donation
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can be deducted from your taxes. If you want a deduction for
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your contribution, please let us know when you send information
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on your donation.</p>
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&footer;
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</body>
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</html>
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