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- Although one talks about Free Software, in fact, software such
+ Although one talks about Free Software, in fact, Open Software such
as Bacula was not developed without some cost. The software
may be free for the user, but it wasn't free for the developer
or developers, either in terms of time or in terms of financial
cost.
For example, since beginning work on the Bacula project in
- January 2000 until now (October 2005), I (Kern) have spent
+ January 2000 until now (August 2006), I (Kern) have spent
approximately $8000 per year for computers, tape drives,
communications expenses, electricity, software licenses, and
other expenses. I am not complaining and am pleased to have
been able to afford these expenditures. In addition, have no
- desire to have them reimbursed.
+ desire to have my past expenses reimbursed.
Bacula is now a fairly mature product, and to ensure its long
- term survival, I believe it should start to pay its own way.
+ term survival, I believe it is time that Bacula begins to
+ stand on its own, both financially and for the development,
+ which is why we began accepting donations or project support
+ in November 2005.
<p>
- As a consequence, it is now possible for you to contribute to
+ There are ways you can contribute to the Bacula
+ project, some of which are: ideas, user support,
+ documentation review, translation, programming and
+ contributing code, testing the new releases, hosting
+ services, testing machines, donating needed equipment, and
+ financial support.
+
+ Previously all but the last one (financial support) were possible.
+ It is now possible for you to contribute financial aid
the Bacula project. All funds collected will be used to help
further the Bacula project by covering out of pocket expenses
- incurred by the project (no salaries). Examples are,
- hardware, software licenses (yes Micro$oft), and possibly a
+ incurred by the project (no salaries). Examples are, administrative
+ fees, hardware, software licenses (yes Micro$oft), and possibly a
portion of travel/conference expenses.
<p>
- The project actually has the following needs (approximate costs): <br>
- Three Microsoft Visual C++ licenses: $3000<br>
- Autochanger for FreeBSD testing: $3200<br>
- Autochanger for Solaris testing: $3200<br>
-
-
- <p>
- Contributions may not be US tax deductible as this is a individual
- Bacula project account with PayPal.
+ Contributions may not be US tax deductible as Bacula is
+ based in Switzerland.
<p>
If you are a government or for-profit corporation and cannot
- make "donations", please consider paying a (non-obglitory)
- binary license fee for any Bacula built binaries that you download.
- By providing you with these pre-built, pre-tested binaries, we are
- really providing you with an extra service, which merits you
+ make "donations", please consider paying a (non-obligatory)
+ binary license fee for any Bacula built binaries that you download.
+ By making these pre-built, pre-tested binaries available, we are
+ providing users who download them with an extra service, which merits
careful consideration for making a contribution or paying a
"license fee".
-
- A reasonable license fee would be:
- <p>
- <table>
- <tr> <td>Number of Machines</td> <td>Fee</td></tr>
- <tr> <td>1-10</td> <td>$10 per machine</td></tr>
- <tr> <td>11-20</td> <td>$100 + $5.00 per machine over 10</td></tr>
- <tr> <td>21-50</td> <td>$150 + $2.00 per machine over 20</td></tr>
- <tr> <td>51-...</td> <td>$250 + $1.00 per machine over 50</td></tr>
- </table>
- <p>Example: 55 machines = $250 + 5 X $1.00 = $255<br>
- <p>Upgrades are 10% of the original license fee.
<p>
- The above table is just a suggestion. You are, of course, free
- to make a larger or smaller contribution as you see fit.
-
- If you wish your payment to be anonymous, please put the word
- ANONYMOUS in the "Payment For:" field on the PayPal
- payment form.
+ If you are a corporation and cannot make donations and don't want
+ to pay a binary license fee, you can request an invoice for
+ Bacula Project development. Please see below for how to do this.
<p>
- To make a contribution, please click on the donate button at the
- top of the screen, and your transaction will be secured and
- confirmed directly by PayPal. Since only check the account once a
- week, if you want me to know sooner that you have contributed, please
- send me an email directly: kern at sibbald dot com.
+ To make a contribution, please click on the donate button at
+ the top of the screen, and your transaction will be secured
+ and confirmed directly by PayPal. If you contribute, or have
+ any questions, please send me an email directly: kern at
+ sibbald dot com.
<p>
If you need an invoice, I can send you one, but in order to limit my
name to appear on the invoice as well as the mailing address, the amount
you want to contribute, and the project you are supporting (or simply
Bacula development).
-
-<p>
-To see the donations made to date, please click on the
-Donations Received menu item to the left of your screen.
+ <p>
+ The Bacula web site has a "Donations Received" page where
+ you can have your company name, your name, and the amount (or any
+ combination of those) listed. You must explicitly request to be listed.
+ Do so by sending an email to: kern at sibbald dot com after you have
+ made the payment.
+
+ <p>Although there is one link to our ISP, who we thank for providing the
+ hosting service, we do not provide any links to other sites other than
+ on the Professional page.
+
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