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author | Sebastien Jodogne <s.jodogne@gmail.com> |
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date | Mon, 25 May 2020 16:41:06 +0200 |
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--- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/Sphinx/source/faq/donations.rst Mon May 25 16:41:06 2020 +0200 @@ -0,0 +1,42 @@ +.. _donations: + +How can I donate money to the project? +====================================== + +The Orthanc project **does not accept donations for now**. We think +it's a poor business model for running an open source project as it +suggests the developers are working for charity. + +If you want to **help the project financially as an end-user**, you +can approach some of the companies offering commercial support for +Orthanc and engage their services. Doing so creates a healthy +ecosystem around the project where companies are encouraged to +contribute their resources to improve the project to create a larger +pool of potential customers wanting their services. Those companies +can be found at the following locations: + +* `Orthanc Pro contact form <https://www.orthanc-server.com/orthanc-pro.php>`__. + +* List of `freelancers, small companies, or volunteers providing + custom assistance + <https://groups.google.com/d/msg/orthanc-users/vWpHWFkYiWI/vB5eRM1WCQAJ>`__ + on the Orthanc Users forum. + +Also, if you are a **commercial company** that builds upon the Orthanc +project for your own products, please use the `Orthanc Pro contact +form <https://www.orthanc-server.com/orthanc-pro.php>`__ so as to +engage one of the companies that provide commercial support to +accelerate your feature. Currently, `Osimis <https://www.osimis.io/>`_ +is the only company ensuring such corporate services, but others might +show up in the future. + +We appreciate **positive feedback** on our project as well. If you are +on Twitter, send us a tweet to `@OrthancServer +<https://twitter.com/OrthancServer>`__. That helps raise awareness of +our project so others can benefit from it as well. + +Finally, don't forget to have a look :ref:`other ways to contribute +<contributing>` to the Orthanc project. + +*Note:* This text is directly adapted from the `BigBlueButton FAQ +<https://docs.bigbluebutton.org/support/faq.html#how-can-i-donate-money-to-the-project>`__.