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+The Debian GNU/Linux FAQ +
Chapter 13 - Contributing to the Debian Project +

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+Donations of time +(to develop new packages, maintain existing packages, or provide user support), +resources (to mirror the FTP and WWW archives), and money (to pay for new +testbeds as well as hardware for the archives) can help the project. +

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13.1 How can I become a Debian software developer?

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+The development of Debian is open to all, and new users with the right skills +and/or the willingness to learn are needed to maintain existing packages which +have been "orphaned" by their previous maintainers, to develop new +packages, and to provide user support. +

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+The description of becoming a Debian developer can be found at the New Maintainer's +Corner at the Debian web site. +

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13.2 How can I contribute resources to the Debian project?

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+Since the project aims to make a substantial body of software rapidly and +easily accessible throughout the globe, mirrors are urgently needed. It is +desirable but not absolutely necessary to mirror all of the archive. Please +visit the Debian mirror +size page for information on the disk space requirements. +

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+Most of the mirroring is accomplished entirely automatically by scripts, +without any interaction. However, the occasional glitch or system change +occurs which requires human intervention. +

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+If you have a high-speed connection to the Internet, the resources to mirror +all or part of the distribution, and are willing to take the time (or find +someone) who can provide regular maintenance of the system, then please contact +debian-admin@lists.debian.org. +

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13.3 How can I contribute financially to the Debian project?

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+One can make individual donations to one of two organizations that are critical +to the development of the Debian project. +

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13.3.1 Software in the Public Interest

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+Software in the Public Interest (SPI) is an IRS 501(c)(3) non-profit +organization, formed when FSF withdrew their sponsorship of Debian. The +purpose of the organization is to develop and distribute free software. +

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+Our goals are very much like those of FSF, and we encourage programmers to use +the GNU General Public License on their programs. However, we have a slightly +different focus in that we are building and distributing a Linux system that +diverges in many technical details from the GNU system as originally planned by +FSF. We still communicate with FSF, and we cooperate in sending them changes +to GNU software and in asking our users to donate to FSF and the GNU project. +

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+SPI can be reached at: http://www.spi-inc.org/. +

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13.3.2 Free Software Foundation

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+At this time there is no formal connection between Debian and the Free Software +Foundation. However, the Free Software Foundation is responsible for some of +the most important software components in Debian, including the GNU C compiler, +GNU Emacs, and much of the C run-time library that is used by all programs on +the system. FSF pioneered much of what free software is today: they wrote the +General Public License that is used on much of the Debian software, and they +invented the "GNU" project to create an entirely free Unix system. +Debian should be considered a descendent of the GNU system. +

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+FSF can be reached at: http://www.fsf.org/. +

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