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1 .. _donations:
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3 How can I donate money to the project?
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6 The Orthanc project **does not accept donations for now**. We think
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7 it's a poor business model for running an open source project as it
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8 suggests the developers are working for charity.
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10 If you want to **help the project financially as an end-user**, you
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11 can approach some of the companies offering commercial support for
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12 Orthanc and engage their services. Doing so creates a healthy
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13 ecosystem around the project where companies are encouraged to
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14 contribute their resources to improve the project to create a larger
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15 pool of potential customers wanting their services. Those companies
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16 can be found at the following locations:
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18 * `Orthanc Pro contact form <https://www.orthanc-server.com/orthanc-pro.php>`__.
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20 * List of `freelancers, small companies, or volunteers providing
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21 custom assistance
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22 <https://groups.google.com/d/msg/orthanc-users/vWpHWFkYiWI/vB5eRM1WCQAJ>`__
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23 on the Orthanc Users forum.
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25 Also, if you are a **commercial company** that builds upon the Orthanc
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26 project for your own products, please use the `Orthanc Pro contact
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27 form <https://www.orthanc-server.com/orthanc-pro.php>`__ so as to
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28 engage one of the companies that provide commercial support to
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29 accelerate your feature. Currently, `Osimis <https://www.osimis.io/>`_
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30 is the only company ensuring such corporate services, but others might
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31 show up in the future.
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33 We appreciate **positive feedback** on our project as well. If you are
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34 on Twitter, send us a tweet to `@OrthancServer
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35 <https://twitter.com/OrthancServer>`__. That helps raise awareness of
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36 our project so others can benefit from it as well.
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38 Finally, don't forget to have a look :ref:`other ways to contribute
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39 <contributing>` to the Orthanc project.
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41 *Note:* This text is directly adapted from the `BigBlueButton FAQ
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42 <https://docs.bigbluebutton.org/support/faq.html#how-can-i-donate-money-to-the-project>`__.
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