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-@ignore
-@c Set file name and title for man page.
-@setfilename fsf-funding
-@settitle Funding Free Software
-@c man begin SEEALSO
-gpl(7), gfdl(7).
-@c man end
-@end ignore
-@node Funding
-@c man begin DESCRIPTION
-@unnumbered Funding Free Software
-
-If you want to have more free software a few years from now, it makes
-sense for you to help encourage people to contribute funds for its
-development. The most effective approach known is to encourage
-commercial redistributors to donate.
-
-Users of free software systems can boost the pace of development by
-encouraging for-a-fee distributors to donate part of their selling price
-to free software developers---the Free Software Foundation, and others.
-
-The way to convince distributors to do this is to demand it and expect
-it from them. So when you compare distributors, judge them partly by
-how much they give to free software development. Show distributors
-they must compete to be the one who gives the most.
-
-To make this approach work, you must insist on numbers that you can
-compare, such as, ``We will donate ten dollars to the Frobnitz project
-for each disk sold.'' Don't be satisfied with a vague promise, such as
-``A portion of the profits are donated,'' since it doesn't give a basis
-for comparison.
-
-Even a precise fraction ``of the profits from this disk'' is not very
-meaningful, since creative accounting and unrelated business decisions
-can greatly alter what fraction of the sales price counts as profit.
-If the price you pay is $50, ten percent of the profit is probably
-less than a dollar; it might be a few cents, or nothing at all.
-
-Some redistributors do development work themselves. This is useful too;
-but to keep everyone honest, you need to inquire how much they do, and
-what kind. Some kinds of development make much more long-term
-difference than others. For example, maintaining a separate version of
-a program contributes very little; maintaining the standard version of a
-program for the whole community contributes much. Easy new ports
-contribute little, since someone else would surely do them; difficult
-ports such as adding a new CPU to the GNU Compiler Collection contribute more;
-major new features or packages contribute the most.
-
-By establishing the idea that supporting further development is ``the
-proper thing to do'' when distributing free software for a fee, we can
-assure a steady flow of resources into making more free software.
-@c man end
-
-@display
-@c man begin COPYRIGHT
-Copyright @copyright{} 1994 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-Verbatim copying and redistribution of this section is permitted
-without royalty; alteration is not permitted.
-@c man end
-@end display