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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 are a **commercial company** that builds upon the Orthanc
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11 ecosystem for your own products, please contribute by buying the
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12 `corporate services provided by Osimis
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13 <https://www.osimis.io/en/services.html>`__.
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15 If you want to **help the project financially as an end-user**, you
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16 can approach some of the companies offering commercial support for
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17 Orthanc and engage their services. Doing so creates a healthy
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18 ecosystem around the project where companies are encouraged to
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19 contribute their resources to improve the project to create a larger
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20 pool of potential customers wanting their services.
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22 We appreciate **positive feedback** on our project as well. If you are
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23 on Twitter, send us a tweet to `@OrthancServer
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24 <https://twitter.com/OrthancServer>`__. That helps raise awareness of
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25 our project so others can benefit from it as well.
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27 Finally, don't forget to have a look :ref:`other ways to contribute
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28 <contributing>` to the Orthanc project.
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30 *Note:* This text is adapted from the `BigBlueButton FAQ
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31 <https://docs.bigbluebutton.org/support/faq.html#how-can-i-donate-money-to-the-project>`__.