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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html> <head> <title>curl - Donation</title> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> <meta content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/curl.css"> <link rel="shortcut icon" href="/favicon.ico"> <link rel="icon" href="/logo/curl-symbol.svg" type="image/svg+xml"> <link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="cURL Releases" href="https://github.com/curl/curl/releases.atom"> </head> <body> <div class="main"> <div class="menu"> <a href="/docs/" class="menuitem" title="Documentation Overview">Docs Overview</a> <div class="dropdown"> <a class="dropbtn" href="/docs/projdocs.html">Project</a> <div class="dropdown-content"> <a href="/docs/bugbounty.html">Bug Bounty</a> <a href="/docs/bugs.html">Bug Report</a> <a href="/docs/code-of-conduct.html">Code of conduct</a> <a href="/docs/libs.html">Dependencies</a> <a href="/donation.html">Donate</a> <a href="/docs/faq.html">FAQ</a> <a href="/docs/features.html">Features</a> <a href="/docs/governance.html">Governance</a> <a href="/docs/history.html">History</a> <a href="/docs/install.html">Install</a> <a href="/docs/knownbugs.html">Known Bugs</a> <a href="/logo/">Logo</a> <a href="/docs/todo.html">TODO</a> <a href="/about.html">website Info</a> </div> </div> <div class="dropdown"> <a class="dropbtn" href="/docs/protdocs.html">Protocols</a> <div class="dropdown-content"> <a href="/docs/caextract.html">CA Extract</a> <a href="/docs/http-cookies.html">HTTP cookies</a> <a href="/docs/http3.html">HTTP/3</a> <a href="/docs/mqtt.html">MQTT</a> <a href="/docs/sslcerts.html">SSL certs</a> <a href="/docs/ssl-compared.html">SSL libs compared</a> <a href="/docs/url-syntax.html">URL syntax</a> <a href="/docs/websocket.html">WebSocket</a> </div> </div> <div class="dropdown"> <a class="dropbtn" href="/docs/reldocs.html">Releases</a> <div class="dropdown-content"> <a href="/ch/">Changelog</a> <a href="/docs/security.html">curl CVEs</a> <a href="/docs/releases.html">Release Table</a> <a href="/docs/versions.html">Version Numbering</a> <a href="/docs/vulnerabilities.html">Vulnerabilities</a> </div> </div> <div class="dropdown"> <a class="dropbtn" href="/docs/tooldocs.html">Tool</a> <div class="dropdown-content"> <a href="/docs/comparison-table.html">Comparison Table</a> <a href="/docs/manpage.html">curl man page</a> <a href="/docs/httpscripting.html">HTTP Scripting</a> <a href="/docs/mk-ca-bundle.html">mk-ca-bundle</a> <a href="/docs/tutorial.html">Tutorial</a> <a href="optionswhen.html">When options were added</a> </div> </div> <div class="dropdown"> <a class="dropbtn" href="/docs/whodocs.html">Who and Why</a> <div class="dropdown-content"> <a href="/docs/companies.html">Companies</a> <a href="/docs/copyright.html">Copyright</a> <a href="/sponsors.html">Sponsors</a> <a href="/docs/thanks.html">Thanks</a> <a href="/docs/thename.html">The name</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="contents"> <div class="where"><a href="/">curl</a> / <a href="/docs/">Docs</a> / <a href="/docs/projdocs.html">Project</a> / <b>Donation</b></div> <h1> Donate to the curl project! </h1> <div class="relatedbox"> <b>Related:</b> <br><a href="/docs/help-us.html">Help us</a> <br><a href="/sponsors.html">Sponsors</a> </div> <p> <h2> How </h2> <p> <big><a href="https://opencollective.com/curl/donate">Donate!</a></big> <p> (Donations are done to Open Source Collective 501c6, a US non-profit that collects and holds funds on the behalf of the curl project.) <p> <h2> Why </h2> <p> To ensure that the curl project continues to thrive. Even open source projects has expenses! You can use curl forever without paying anything, but maybe you think you have got quite a lot and feel you could contribute a little back? <p> See also Mary Gardiner's excellent guide <a href="https://puzzling.org/pub/HOWTO/Free/">How To Pay for Free Software</a>. <h2> What to donate </h2> <p> Donate your time. Answer questions, contribute code, review patches and help out. Or let one of your employees do this for the benefit of the project! <p> If you cannot donate time or skill, consider donating a small amount of money. Maybe even do it in a recurring manner? <p> Anyone donating 100USD per month, or more, is considered a <a href="/sponsors.html">sponsor</a> and could get listed on that page - assuming the team agrees. <h2> What are the donated funds used for? </h2> <p> Donated money is strictly and only used for project expenses, in particular the <a href="/docs/bugbounty.html">bug bounty</a> and the curl annual conference series <b>curl up</b>. <p> Please note that sponsorships and donations are exactly that: donations to the curl project. They are used to help and further the project as the project leadership deems best. No goods or services are expected or promised in return. Requests for refunds for such purposes are rejected. </div> </div> </body> </html>