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<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <meta charset="utf-8" /> <title>IM Freedom</title> <meta name="generator" content="Hugo 0.54.0" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/bulma/0.7.4/css/bulma.css" integrity="sha256-aan9tQnm7lVach/6JxYyrQRlheajRD+UBDwwWo3tAHQ=" crossorigin="anonymous" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://use.fontawesome.com/releases/v5.8.2/css/all.css" integrity="sha384-oS3vJWv+0UjzBfQzYUhtDYW+Pj2yciDJxpsK1OYPAYjqT085Qq/1cq5FLXAZQ7Ay" crossorigin="anonymous" /> <style> li.menu-item { font-weight: bold; font-size: large; } .donate { background-color: #009cde; border: 0; outline: none; color: white; } section.hero-gradient { background: rgb(89, 47, 99); background: linear-gradient(357deg, rgba(89, 47, 99, 1) 0%, rgba(226, 102, 156, 1) 100%); } </style> <style> .tabs a { border: none; } </style> <body> <div id="app"> <section class="hero is-primary hero-gradient"> <div class="hero-body"> <div class="container has-text-centered"> <h1 class="title">Instant Messaging Freedom, Inc.</h1> </div> </div> <div class="hero-foot"> <nav class="tabs"> <div class="container"> <section id="shortcuts"> <ul> <li class="menu-item"> <a href="/">About</a> </li> <li class="menu-item"> <a href="/bylaws">Bylaws</a> </li> <li class="menu-item"> <a href="/voting">Voting Procedure</a> </li> <li class="menu-item"> <a href="https://kb.imfreedom.org">Knowledge Base <i class="fas fa-external-link-alt fa-sm"></i></a> </li> <li class="menu-item"> <a href="/contact">Contact</a> </li> <li class="menu-item"> <a href="/donate"><span class="button donate is-info">Donate</span></a> </li> </ul> </section> </div> </nav> </div> </section> <section> <div class="content"> <div class="container"> <section class="section"> <h2 id="donate">Donate</h2> <p>You can choose to donate money to Instant Messaging Freedom, Inc. We’ll use this money to further free instant messaging software as we see fit. This generally means supporting Adium, Pidgin, Finch, and libpurple as needed, but could be used for other related purposes in the future.</p> <p>In the interests of full disclosure we think it’s worth mentioning a few points:</p> <ul> <li>We are a USA registered 501©(3) non-profit organization, we have historically not accepted donations and we have never given anyone a receipt for a donation. It’s possible that we’re required by law to provide receipts for donations above certain amounts. If you’re familiar with this process and would like to offer advice, or if you would like a receipt, then please reach out to us on <a href="https://discourse.imfreedom.org/c/imfreedom/">Discourse</a>.</li> <li>We currently have some money in the bank, but it is not enough to fund developers. You can learn more about our current funding via the <a href="minutes">minutes</a> of our board meetings.</li> <li>While the corporation itself does not currently have a strong need for money some of the developers are accepting donations. See <a href="#individual-developer-donations">Individual Developer Donations</a> below.</li> <li>The officers and directors of Instant Messaging Freedom are unpaid volunteers, just like all of the developers of the Adium, Finch, libpurple, and Pidgin projects. We have no paid staff and this will likely remain true unless drastic changes in our funding happen in the future.</li> <li>Pidgin and IMFreedom are both generously provided with free hosting from <a href="https://www.digitalocean.com/?refcode=b69e5dddf595&utm_campaign=Referral_Invite&utm_medium=Referral_Program&utm_source=badge">Digital Ocean</a>.</li> </ul> <h2 id="corporate-donations">Corporate Donations</h2> <p>If you would like to donate we have a number of options you may choose from.</p> <h3 id="merchandise">Merchandise</h3> <p>You can purchase Pidgin merchandise directly from our <a href="https://shop.spreadshirt.com/imfreedom">spreadshirt store</a> where a portion from every purchase will be received by Instant Messaging Freedom.</p> <h3 id="benevity">Benevity</h3> <p><a href="https://benevity.com/">Benevity</a> is a charitable donation-management service that your employer may be using to offer donation matching of employees among other options. We are registered there and you can find our profile <a href="https://causes.benevity.org/causes/840-593837808">here</a>.</p> <h3 id="paypal">PayPal</h3> <p>Finally, if you would like to donate directly, you can do so via the PayPal link below.</p> <form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"> <input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_s-xclick"> <input type="hidden" name="hosted_button_id" value="ZDJ3L88KQQ5LS"> <input type="image" src="https://www.paypalobjects.com/webstatic/en_US/i/buttons/PP_logo_h_150x38.png" border="0" name="submit" alt="PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!"> <img alt="" border="0" src="https://www.paypalobjects.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif" width="1" height="1"> </form> <hr /> <h2 id="individual-developer-donations">Individual Developer Donations</h2> <p>Directly donating to developers is encouraged as it gets the donations to them faster. However, if you would like to donate a large amount to a developer and run it through Instant Messaging Freedom for tax reasons, please reach out to us on our <a href="https://discourse.imfreedom.org/c/imfreedom/">Discourse</a>. If you would rather discuss privately you can reach out to <a href="mailto:treasurer@imfreedom.org?subject=Developer%20Donation">treasurer@imfreedom.org</a> to discuss the situation.</p> <h3 id="gary-kramlich">Gary Kramlich</h3> <p>Gary is the current lead developer and maintainer of both Pidgin and libpurple. He is also the responsible for both the Pidgin and IMFreedom infrastructure. He streams a lot of his work live on his Twitch.tv channel <a href="https://twitch.tv/rw_grim">twitch.tv/rw_grim</a>.</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://patreon.com/rw_grim">Patreon</a> Additional perks for donating.</li> <li><a href="https://streamlabs.com/rw_grim/tip">PayPal Donations</a> These donations will appear live on stream if Gary is streaming.</li> <li><a href="https://github.com/sponsors/grimmy">GitHub Sponsors</a></li> </ul> <h3 id="eion-robb">Eion Robb</h3> <p>Eion Robb is the protocol wizard. If you’ve used a modern protocol from a libpurple based client he has most likely helped in no small way even when he isn’t the primary author. On top of that he’s usually the first to respond to people looking for support across all of our support channels!</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=PZMBF2QVF69GA">PayPal Donations</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/sponsors/eionrobb">GitHub Sponsors</a></li> </ul> </section> </div> </div> </section> <footer class="footer is-small"> <div class="container"> <div class="content has-text-centered"> <p> <strong>Instant Messaging Freedom, Inc.</strong> </p> <p> Design by <a href="https://twitter.com/d_k_reilly" target="_blank">Daniel Reilly</a>. </p> </div> </div> </footer> </div> </body> </html>