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