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16 Contributing to the Bacula Project
21 Although one talks about Free Software, in fact, Open Software such
22 as Bacula was not developed without some cost. The software
23 may be free for the user, but it wasn't free for the developer
24 or developers, either in terms of time or in terms of financial
27 For example, since beginning work on the Bacula project in
28 January 2000 until now (August 2006), I (Kern) have spent
29 approximately $8000 per year for computers, tape drives,
30 communications expenses, electricity, software licenses, and
31 other expenses. I am not complaining and am pleased to have
32 been able to afford these expenditures. In addition, have no
33 desire to have my past expenses reimbursed.
35 Bacula is now a fairly mature product, and to ensure its long
36 term survival, I believe it is time that Bacula begins to
37 stand on its own, both financially and for the development,
38 which is why we began accepting donations or project support
41 There are ways you can contribute to the Bacula
42 project, some of which are: ideas, user support,
43 documentation review, translation, programming and
44 contributing code, testing the new releases, hosting
45 services, testing machines, donating needed equipment, and
48 Previously all but the last one (financial support) were possible.
49 It is now possible for you to contribute financial aid
50 the Bacula project. All funds collected will be used to help
51 further the Bacula project by covering out of pocket expenses
52 incurred by the project (no salaries). Examples are, administrative
53 fees, hardware, software licenses (yes Micro$oft), and possibly a
54 portion of travel/conference expenses.
57 Contributions may not be US tax deductible as Bacula is
60 If you are a government or for-profit corporation and cannot
61 make "donations", please consider paying a (non-obligatory)
62 binary license fee for any Bacula built binaries that you download.
63 By making these pre-built, pre-tested binaries available, we are
64 providing users who download them with an extra service, which merits
65 careful consideration for making a contribution or paying a
66 "license fee".
68 If you are a corporation and cannot make donations and don't want
69 to pay a binary license fee, you can request an invoice for
70 Bacula Project development. Please see below for how to do this.
73 To make a contribution, please click on the donate button at
74 the top of the screen, and your transaction will be secured
75 and confirmed directly by PayPal. If you contribute, or have
76 any questions, please send me an email directly: kern at
80 If you need an invoice, I can send you one, but in order to limit my
81 administrative work, I kindly request you to make a donation of at least
82 $200 before requesting an invoice. To obtain one, simply email me the exact
83 name to appear on the invoice as well as the mailing address, the amount
84 you want to contribute, and the project you are supporting (or simply
88 The Bacula web site has a "Donations Received" page where
89 you can have your company name, your name, and the amount (or any
90 combination of those) listed. You must explicitly request to be listed.
91 Do so by sending an email to: kern at sibbald dot com after you have
94 <p>Although there is one link to our ISP, who we thank for providing the
95 hosting service, we do not provide any links to other sites other than
96 on the Professional page.
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