#use wml::debian::template title="Donations to Software in the Public Interest"

<UL>
  <LI><A href="#money_donations">Donations of money</A>
  <LI><A href="#equipment_donations">Donations of equipment and services</A>
</UL>

<H2><A name="money_donations">Donations of money</A></H2>

<P>Debian is the name of the project, and Debian GNU/Linux is how the
distribution we create is called. In order to handle money donations,
we set up a non-profit corporation,
<a href="http://www.spi-inc.org/">Software in the Public Interest</a>.

<P>Although created by a volunteers throughout the world, Debian
has expenses that were, for a long time, paid for out of the
pockets of a few of the developers. These expenses include
registering the debian.org domain, cutting CD's for testing new
releases, unreimbursed travel and lodging expenses while appearing
at conferences, etc.

<P>Many of the donations to date have been from appreciative users.
While all donations are welcome, it especially hoped that any
businesses that make money through Debian (CD manufacturers,
support companies, or even businesses that rely on Debian
for day to day operations) will contribute a percentage
of their profit to help make Debian GNU/Linux the best OS
it can be.

<p>If you would like to make a monetary donation to Debian, see the
<a href="http://www.spi-inc.org/donations">SPI donation page</a>.
Make sure to specify that the money is intended for Debian. Since SPI
is a non-profit organization we can issue receipts for tax purposes.

<H2><A name="equipment_donations">Donations of equipment and services</A></H2>

<P>Given the small budget Debian runs on it is not possible, at this time,
for Debian to purchase and maintain it's own computers and network connections.
We therefore rely on the donation of equipment and services from companies and
universities to keep Debian connected to the world.

<P>If your company has any idle machines or spare equipment (hard drives, SCSI
controllers, network cards, etc) lying around, please consider donating them to
Debian. Contact the 
<A HREF="mailto:treasurer@spi-inc.org">SPI treasurer</A> for details.

<HR>

<H3>The following is a list of the organizations that have donated
equipment to Debian:</H3>
<UL>
  <LI><a href="http://www.brainfood.com/">Brainfood</a> (previously known as
    <a href="http://www.novare.net/">Novare International</a>)
# master
    donated the master system (used for BTS, mail, and other things) and
# murphy
    the mailing list server for Debian, and has provided continuous upgrades
    for these machines when they were necessary.
  <LI><A href="http://www.valinux.com/">VA Linux Systems</A>
# klecker
    has donated <a href="http://www.debian.org/">www.debian.org</a>, twice.
  <LI><a href="http://www.linuxppc.org/">LinuxPPC</a> has donated an 18G hard
    disk
  <LI><a href="http://www.compaq.com/">Compaq</a> has donated an Alpha
# faure
    system which is being used to port Debian to that architecture.
  <LI>The Concorde Group has donated a Sparc Station 10 which is being used
# kubrick
    to port Debian to the SPARC architecture.
  <LI><a href="http://www.rebel.com/">Rebel.com</a> donated a StrongARM
# rameau
    machine used to port Debian to ARM architecture.
  <LI><a href="http://www.alpha-processor.com/">Alpha Processor, Inc.</a>
# lully
    provided an Alpha machine used to port Debian to that architecture.
  <LI><a href="http://www.sun.com/">Sun Microsystems</a> donated the server
# auric
    which powers the internal archive system, and an additional UltraSPARC
# vore
    machine used to port Debian to that architecture.
  <LI><a href="http://www.atipa.com/">Atipa Linux Solutions</a> donated the
# saens
    server which runs archive.debian.org.
  <LI><a href="http://www.hp.com/">Hewlett-Packard</a> donated an archive
# gluck, paer, and a yet-to-be-set-up merced machine
    server and a cluster of machines used to port Debian to the HPPA and
    IA-64 architectures.
# voltaire - sponsor info missing
  <LI><a href="http://www.atnet.at/">at-net</a> donated a Netwinder machine
# debussy
    used to port Debian to the ARM architecture.
  <LI><a href="http://www.lasat.com/">Lasat</a> donated two little
# repeat, resume (.rfc822.org)
    endian R5000@250Mhz Masquerade Pro  machines used to port Debian
    to the MIPS architecture (little endian).
  <LI><a href="http://www.millenux.de/">Millenux</a> donated a virtual
    machine on a Multiprise 3000 to run the buildd for the S/390 port of
    Debian GNU/Linux.
  <LI><a href="http://www.cargal.org/">Cargal.org</a> has donated a 20 GB
    hard disk drive.
  <li><a href="http://www.above.net/">AboveNet Communications</a> has
# samosa
    provided server and bandwidth for
    <a href="http://db.debian.org/">db.debian.org</a>.
</UL>

# <p>Here are some important past donations:
# <ul>
# # old saens
#   <li><a href="http://www.linux-hw.com/">Linux Hardware Solutions</a> provided
#     the server that ran ftp.debian.org.
# # xia0?.kachinatech.com
#   <li><a href="http://www.kachinatech.com/">Kachina Technologies, Inc.</a>
#     provided one SPARC machine and two UltraSPARC machines that were used
#     to port Debian to the SPARC architecture.
# </ul>

<p>Please see the list of <a href="http://db.debian.org/machines.cgi">debian.org
developer machines</a> for more accurate information.

<H3>The following is a list of organizations that have contributed to Debian by
hosting major mirror services:</H3>
<UL>
  <LI><a href="http://www.valinux.com/">VA Linux Systems</a> currently
    provides bandwidth for <a href="http://www.debian.org/">www.debian.org</a>.
    <br>
    The <a href="http://www.cs.umn.edu/">Computer Science Department</a> at
    the <a href="http://www.umn.edu/">University of Minnesota</a> provides
    bandwidth for <a href="ftp://ftp.debian.org/">ftp.debian.org</a>
    and <a href="ftp://archive.debian.org/">archive.debian.org</a>.
  <LI><a href="http://openprojects.nu/">Open Projects Network</a>
    (previously known as <a href="http://www.linpeople.org/">LISC</a>)
    supports Debian by hosting Debian-related IRC channels at irc.debian.org .
  <LI><a href="http://www.e-fb2.com/">efb2.com</a> and
    <a href="http://www.proxad.net/">Proxad</a> sponsor
    <a href="http://www.fr.debian.org/">www.fr.debian.org</a> and
    <a href="ftp://ftp.fr.debian.org/">ftp.fr.debian.org</a>, respectively.
  <LI>The <a href="http://os.inf.tu-dresden.de/">Operating Systems
    Group</a> at the <a href="http://www.inf.tu-dresden.de/">Department of
    Computer Science</a>, <a href="http://www.tu-dresden.de/">Dresden
    University of Technology</a> sponsors
    <a href="http://www.de.debian.org/">www.de.debian.org</A> and
    <a href="ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/">ftp.de.debian.org</a>.
  <LI><SPAN lang=es><A href="http://www.es.debian.org/sponsor.html">El
    Departamento de Física Fundamental y Experimental</A></SPAN> at
    <SPAN lang=es><A href="http://www.dfis.ull.es/laguna.html">la Universidad
    de La Laguna</A></SPAN> sponsors
    <A href="http://www.es.debian.org/">www.es.debian.org</A>
    (don't you wish you lived in the Canary Islands!).
  <LI><a href="http://www.com.uvigo.es/">Electrical Engineering College of
    the University of Vigo</a> sponsors
    <a href="ftp://ftp.es.debian.org/">ftp.es.debian.org</a>.
  <LI><A href="http://www.netvillage.co.jp/">NetVillage Co., Ltd.</A> sponsors
    <A href="http://www.jp.debian.org/">www.jp.debian.org</A> and
    <A href="ftp://ftp.jp.debian.org/">ftp.jp.debian.org</A>.
  <LI><A href="http://www.atnet.at/">at-net</A> sponsors
    <A href="http://www.at.debian.org/">www.at.debian.org</A> and
    <A href="ftp://ftp.at.debian.org/">ftp.at.debian.org</A>
  <LI><a href="http://www.hands.com/">Philip Hands</a> and
    <a href="http://www.uk.xo.com/">XO Communications</a>, who provide
    hardware and bandwidth, respectively, for
    <a href="http://cdimage.debian.org/">cdimage.debian.org</a>,
    <a href="http://www.uk.debian.org/">www.uk.debian.org</a> and
    <a href="ftp://ftp.uk.debian.org/">ftp.uk.debian.org</a>.
  <LI><a href="http://www.edukacja.com/">DC edukacja</a>
    and <a href="http://www.task.gda.pl/">Technical University of Gdañsk</a>
    sponsor <a href="http://www.pl.debian.org/">www.pl.debian.org</a> and
    <a href="ftp://ftp.pl.debian.org/">ftp.pl.debian.org</a>, respectively.
  <LI><a href="http://www.msu.edu/">Michigan State University</a> sponsors
    <a href="ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/">ftp.us.debian.org</a>.
  <LI><a href="http://www.planetmirror.com/">PlanetMirror</a> sponsors
    <a href="ftp://ftp.au.debian.org/">ftp.au.debian.org</a>, and
    <a href="http://www.it.net.au/">Informed Technology</a> sponsors
    <a href="http://www.au.debian.org/">www.au.debian.org</a>.
  <LI>The <a href="http://www.linux.it/">Italian Linux Society</a> along
    with <a href="http://www.itgate.net/">ITGate Network</a> and
    <a href="http://www.inet.it/">I.Net</a> sponsors
    <a href="http://www.it.debian.org/">www.it.debian.org</a> and
    <a href="ftp://ftp.it.debian.org/">ftp.it.debian.org</a> (resp.).
  <LI><a href="http://www.uunet.nl/">UUNET Nederland</a> and
    <a href="http://www.cistron.nl/">Cistron Internet</a> host
    <a href="ftp://ftp.nl.debian.org/">ftp.nl.debian.org</a> and
    <a href="http://www.nl.debian.org/">www.nl.debian.org</a>, respectively.
  <LI><a href="http://spnet.net/">Spectrum NET</a> sponsors
    <a href="http://www.bg.debian.org/">www.bg.debian.org</a> and
    <a href="ftp://ftp.bg.debian.org/">ftp.bg.debian.org</a>.
  <LI><a href="http://www.kr.psi.net/">PSINet Korea Inc.</a> sponsors
    <a href="http://www.kr.debian.org/">www.kr.debian.org</a> and
    <a href="ftp://ftp.kr.debian.org/">ftp.kr.debian.org</a>.
  <LI><a href="http://www.acc.umu.se/">Academic Computer Club at
    <span lang="se">Umeå</span> University</a> sponsors
    <a href="ftp://ftp.se.debian.org/">ftp.se.debian.org</a>.
  <LI><a href="http://www.uio.no/">University of Oslo</a>,
    <a href="http://www.uninett.no/">Uninett</a>,
    <a href="http://www.nuug.no/">NUUG</a>, and
    <a href="http://www.sun.no/">Sun Microsystems Norway</a> sponsor
    <a href="ftp://ftp.no.debian.org/">ftp.no.debian.org</a>.
  <LI><a href="http://www.cs.tut.fi/">Tampere University of Technology</a>
    sponsors <a href="ftp://ftp.fi.debian.org/">ftp.fi.debian.org</a>.
  <LI><a href="http://www.pvtnet.cz/">PVT.NET</a> sponsors
    <a href="ftp://ftp.cz.debian.org/">ftp.cz.debian.org</a>.
  <LI><a href="http://www.camtp.uni-mb.si/">CAMTP, Univ. Maribor</a> sponsors
    <a href="ftp://ftp.si.debian.org/">ftp.si.debian.org</a>.
  <LI><a href="http://www.kpnqwest.ee/">KPNQwest</a> sponsors
    <a href="ftp://ftp.ee.debian.org/">ftp.ee.debian.org</a>.
  <LI><a href="http://www.tvnet.hu/">TVNET</a> and
    <a href="http://www.kando.hu/">Network Centre of Hungarian Academic
    Network</a> sponsor
    <a href="http://www.hu.debian.org/">www.hu.debian.org</a> and
    <a href="ftp://ftp.hu.debian.org/">ftp.hu.debian.org</a>, respectively.
  <LI><a href="http://www.citylink.co.nz/">Citylink Ltd</a> sponsors
    <a href="ftp://ftp.nz.debian.org/">ftp.nz.debian.org</a>.
  <LI><span lang="pt"><a href="http://www.inf.ufpr.br/">Departamento de
    Informatica, Universidade Federal do Paraná</a></span> sponsors
    <a href="ftp://ftp.br.debian.org/">ftp.br.debian.org</a>.
  <LI><a href="http://bilmuh.ege.edu.tr/">Ege University Computer Engineering
    Department</a> sponsors
    <a href="http://www.tr.debian.org/">www.tr.debian.org</a> and
    <a href="ftp://ftp.tr.debian.org/">ftp.tr.debian.org</a>.
  <LI><a href="http://www.leg.uct.ac.za/">Linux Enthusiasts Group</a> at
    <a href="http://www.uct.ac.za/">University of Cape Town</a> sponsors
    <a href="http://www.za.debian.org/">www.za.debian.org</a>.
  <LI><a href="http://www.techcen.zgrad.su/">NPK Technological Centre in
    Zelengrad</a> and <a href="http://www.chg.ru/">Chernogolovka Science
    Center</a> sponsor
    <a href="http://www.ru.debian.org/">www.ru.debian.org</a> and
    <a href="ftp://ftp.ru.debian.org/">ftp.ru.debian.org</a>, respectively.
  <LI><a href="http://www.iskon.hr/">Iskon Internet</a> sponsors
    <a href="ftp://ftp.hr.debian.org/">ftp.hr.debian.org</a>.
</UL>

# <p>Past donations:
#     <BR>
#     <A HREF="http://www.mindspring.net/">MindSpring</A> and
#     <A HREF="http://www.gigabell.com/">Gigabell AG</A> previously provided
#     bandwidth for ftp.debian.org.
#
#     The <a href="http://www.eecg.toronto.edu/">Department of Electrical
#     and Computer Engineering</a> at the <a href="http://www.toronto.edu/">
#     University of Toronto</a> sponsored
#     <a href="http://www.ca.debian.org/">www.ca.debian.org</a>.
#
#     <a href="http://www.stormix.com/">Stormix Technologies</a> provides
#     <a href="ftp://ftp.ca.debian.org/">ftp.ca.debian.org</a>
#
#     <span lang="da"><a href="http://borsen.dk/">Dagbladet Børsen A/S</a></span>
#     sponsors
#     <a href="http://www.dk.debian.org/">www.dk.debian.org</a> and
#     <a href="ftp://ftp.dk.debian.org/">ftp.dk.debian.org</a>.

<P>Debian is grateful to these and all the groups around the world that
provide mirrors. Without them, none of this would have been possible.

<P>Our <A HREF="partners/">Partners page</A> contains a list of the
organizations that have made other donations to Debian.