[Bacula-devel] Re: [Bacula-users] Release 1.38.0

[Kern S. <ke...@si...>]

Hello,

I'm copying the lists on this because I think it will interest them.

On Friday 28 October 2005 17:00, Michael Erdely wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I don't remember if your new policy was ever settled.  Are you going
> to be releasing RPMs?  

I suspect that the RPMs will follow shortly after the release. I leave this 
part up to Scott who does the RPM packaging.

> Are you charging for those now?  

All of Bacula including the binaries is free.  However, since about a month, 
the Bacula project has been able to accept donations (or if you want 
financial contributions).  This is described on the Donations page on the 
main web site (http://www.bacula.org).  You can get to that page by clicking 
on the Donations menu item on the left of the screen.

Certain corporations are unable to make donations, but can purchase licenses, 
so I have suggested that if you fall into that situation, please purchase a 
binary license.  It is not obligatory, but you are making use of a service 
that we are providing.  If you are a corporation, and you are making money, 
or a government, there is no reason for you not to contribute in one way or 
another (code, answering user's questions on the lists, or financially).  

So far, Ludovic Strappazon is the only individual to make a contribution 
directly to Bacula.  This is all the more significant because Ludovic just 
finished his studies (so he is not a commercial company).  Thanks Ludovic.

So there is no confusion, Landon Fuller is working on a data encryption 
project, where he requested Bacula users who wanted to support this project 
to contribute to the EFF.  He has largely reached his goal of $3000, and is 
in the process of implementing the code.  I would really like to thank 
everyone who contributed to this project.  The details of the project and the 
list of contributors is on the News page of the Bacula web site.

> How do I get a pricing list and go about getting the releases I need?

On the page mentioned above, I have "suggested" what seems appropriate as a 
license fee.  All official releases of Bacula can be downloaded from Source 
Forge. 

I would like to encourage those who have the means to donate to do so.  The 
project is in need of several important things. For example Scott normally 
packages the Win32 binaries, but is unable to do so because he does not have 
the appropriate Micro$oft VC++ license and the project does not yet have 
sufficient resources to purchase one for him.  This means that the Win32 
binary release falls on my shoulders this time (not big deal).There are also 
two other developers who asked for Micro$oft VC++ licenses.

>
> Thanks.  Keep up the great work!

Thanks.  It is always nice to be encouraged.

> -ME
>
> On 10/28/05, Kern Sibbald <ke...@si...> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > Bacula release 1.38.0 is now ready. I will run it a couple more days in
> > production here before I release it.  If any of you want to get a head
> > start, it is currently in the CVS, and although I might still make a few
> > minor changes to the documentation (on the site), it is unlikely that the
> > code will change.
> >
> > --
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> >
> > Kern
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Kern

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