[GRASS-SVN] r37091 - grass-web/trunk

[svn_grass at osgeo.org]

Author: hamish
Date: 2009-05-10 05:18:04 -0400 (Sun, 10 May 2009)
New Revision: 37091

Modified:
   grass-web/trunk/donation.inc
Log:
paypal acct not needed; grass has legal status as a non-profit; wrap at col80; bug-bounties; whitespace 

Modified: grass-web/trunk/donation.inc
===================================================================
--- grass-web/trunk/donation.inc	2009-05-10 07:55:44 UTC (rev 37090)
+++ grass-web/trunk/donation.inc	2009-05-10 09:18:04 UTC (rev 37091)
@@ -13,10 +13,11 @@
    border="0" name="submit" alt="PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!">
 <input type="hidden" name="lc" value="en">
 <img alt="" border="0" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif" width="1" height="1">
-<br>(any amount is fine)
+<br>(any amount is fine; PayPal account is not required)
 </form>
 </center>
 
+
 <h3>Why donate?</h3>
 
 The GRASS GIS project is a volunteer-based organization. There is of course
@@ -25,22 +26,33 @@
 don't have time to contribute, maybe a (small) donation makes you feel better
 when using GRASS...
 
+
 <h3>How does it work?</h3>
 
-Your donation is managed through the <a href="http://www.gfoss.it">Italian OSGeo Chapter</a>
-which holds the donations in trust for the GRASS project.
+Your donation is managed through the <a href="http://www.gfoss.it">Italian OSGeo
+Chapter</a> which holds the donations in trust for the GRASS project. GRASS is a
+founding member of the
+ <a href="http://www.osgeo.org/content/foundation/about.html">Open Source Geospatial
+Foundation</a> (OSGeo), an incorporated not-for-profit organization. 
+OSGeo is currently in the process of obtaining full
+ <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/501(c)">US 501(c)(3)</a> legal status
+as a not-profit entity.
 
+
 <h3>How is the money used?</h3>
 
 The donations are controlled in full transparency by the
-<a href="http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/PSC">GRASS Project Steering Committee</a> (PSC). We
-plan to organize hack sessions (such as in the <a href="http://www.osgeo.org/node/672">OSGeo 
-Hacking event, Bolsena - Italy</a>) - financial support for developers may be paid to make 
-participation possible. Also bug fixing may be financed - community polls will identify
-outstanding problems which cannot be fixed on a voluntary basis.
+<a href="http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/PSC">GRASS Project Steering Committee</a>
+(PSC). We plan to organize face-to-face coding sessions (such as in the
+ <a href="http://www.osgeo.org/node/672">OSGeo Hacking event, Bolsena - Italy</a>)
+- financial support for developers may be paid to make participation possible.
+Also bug fixing may be financed - community polls will identify outstanding
+problems which cannot be fixed on a voluntary basis; or specific bug-bounties
+can be arranged (please contact us first).
 <br>
-Your ideas are welcome, too!
+Your ideas are welcome too!
 
+<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>
 
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