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diff --git a/donate.mdwn b/donate.mdwn index 22b218c1..6293633e 100644 --- a/donate.mdwn +++ b/donate.mdwn @@ -1,54 +1,106 @@ -[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008 -Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011 Free Software +Foundation, Inc."]] [[!meta license="""[[!toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[!toggleable id="license" text="Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license -is included in the section entitled -[[GNU Free Documentation License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] +is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation +License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] If you feel like donating goods or money for the work the developers are doing, then we're happy to confirm that this is indeed possible. Of course we'd -really like to have you working with us on the system, but if you're feeling -generous we won't stop you either. +really like to have you working with us on the system and become a +[[contributor|contributing]], but if you're feeling generous we won't stop you +either. -Note that you can't donate directly to the Hurd project, but only to either the -Free Software Foundation or individually to the developers. Donations to the -Free Software Foundation are tax deducible, see <http://fsf.org/donate>. +[[!toc levels=2]] -If you've got more money on hand than hacking time, you might consider buying -some [maintenance points](http://g10code.com/products.html#maintpoints) (EUR 10 a point) to -help the Hurd along. From the [g10 Code](http://www.g10code.com/products.html) -site: -> Hurd Maintenance Points are special: Some of our employees are well known -> Hurd hackers in their spare time; collected points for this program will be -> given to them in form of paid time. +# Free Software Foundation -See also this related -[mailing-list](http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/help-hurd/2003-04/msg00044.html) -thread. +The Free Software Foundation is the GNU project's principal organizational +sponsor. [Donations to the FSF](http://donate.fsf.org/) are tax deducible. +However, they can't accept donations addressed directly to/specifically for the +GNU Hurd project. -And for further motivation, some words of wisdom from Marcus Brinkmann: -> By the way, if you are more on the speculating side, then it can't harm to -> just buy one or two maintenance points. That means that at some time I get -> an incentive to start the hacking, and there is a chance that when I start I -> don't stop for a while, and just continue on my private time (as I did for -> the last five years, if I might add that ;). +<a name="FOSS_Factory"></a> +# FOSS Factory -- a Bounty System for GNU Hurd Work + +[[!template id=note text=""" + +> Hey, I have more money than time or programming skills, and I'd like to help +> GNU Hurd development specifically -- how can we arrange for this, where can I +> donate money for GNU Hurd development? + +If you're dwelling on such thoughts, here is the answer; here you can donate +money for GNU Hurd development. + +"""]] + + +As its principal idea, [FOSS Factory](http://www.fossfactory.org/), means to +serve as a hub and organizational platform for connecting Free/Open Source +Software developers with monetary sponsors. From +<http://www.fossfactory.org/aboutus.php>: + +[[!img foss_factory/logo.png align=right link=no]] + +> FOSS Factory's mission is to accelerate the advancement of free/open source +> software by helping people collaborate on the design, funding, and +> development of innovative software ideas. All software solutions produced +> using our system are released under free/open source licenses. Our unique +> model brings the best of innovators from both the entrepreneurial and FOSS +> worlds together to solve real world problems using the mass resources of the +> FOSS community. + +In very general words, their modus operandi is that the community (including +the monetary sponsors) works together with the developers on splitting up tasks +into suitable and assessable sub-projects as necessary, and then act as the +reviewing instance, deciding on such sub-projects' success (and payment, +successively). For more details see their [System +Overview](http://www.fossfactory.org/overview.php). + +For now, we can assume that the amount of money to be made by working on a GNU +Hurd task in this framework is likely to be a symbolic amount only, rather than +being representative for the real effort that needs to be invested. Software +development is expensive, mostly due to the amount of time that is needed for +completing any non-trivial task. Instead, these bounties should be regarded as +an attraction/reward, perhaps also simply as a motivation for a developer to +focus on one specific problem, and bringing it to completion. + + +## Working on a Task and/or Suggesting/Donating for a New Task + +In principle, any Hurd-related development task is applicable (for example, +from the [[GSoC project ideas|community/gsoc/project_ideas]], or from the +[[open_issues]] list), but it is of course recommendable to match sponsors' +ideas with those of the developers and maintainers. For this, if you want to +sponsor a project, but don't know which one to choose, or if you want to work +on a bounty that is not yet listed on the site, we suggest that you talk to us +first, either publically on the [[bug-hurd mailing +list|mailing_lists/bug-hurd]] or privately on <hurd-maintainers@gnu.org>, if +you prefer. + +Both for supporting (donating) as well as claiming a bounty, you have to +register [at their site](http://www.fossfactory.org/), and proceed from there. +Please don't hesitate to ask [[Thomas Schwinge|tschwinge]] if you need help. + +Continue to explore the [[list of open bounties|tag/bounty]]. + + +# Hurd Developer Meetings Another possibility is to meet with the Hurd developers at a [[meeting|community/meetings]] and spend them a pizza or beer or both or similar. -# Developers - -<small>(alphabetically)</small> +# Individual Developers -<!-- TODO. Need some real ikiwiki way of adding such anchors. --> +Sorted alphabetically. <a name="Marcus_Brinkmann"></a> ## Marcus Brinkmann |