Paul Menzel:
> Dear Postfix folks,
>
>
> Looking at the Postfix Web site [1], I couldn?t find any information if
> Postfix needs financial support to ensure the maintenance and
> improvement of the code.
All that requires a non-profit that can accept funds, which just
takes a bit of time and money to set up (I have some experience
with US-based ones). Finding the time is the main thing. But yeah,
it needs to be done. In the mean time, an organization can donate
code by paying a contractor (for example, CNNIC paid for SMTPUTF8
support).
BTW Viktor and I are fully employed (and compensated). Work on
Postfix is permitted, but it is not part of my job.
Wietse
> As the background, a lot of public organizations use Postfix in their
> infrastructure, and, as for example with OpenSSL, they do not pay
> anything for it, but they expect that it is maintained and improved.
> This is a fatal attitude in my opinion. Additionally, the administrators
> normally do not need training or support, as a lot of them are quite
> capable, and know their way around Postfix. Also, public organizations
> getting tax payer money also have a hard time to donate money.
>
> So, can the Postfix project be supported financially? Can ?core
> developers? like Wietse and Viktor be supported?
>
> Are their companies providing support contracts, where employees are
> actively supporting the Postfix development by either sending patches
> (including documentation) or promising to give a certain amount of that
> money to the Postfix project? I found for example credativ [2].
>
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Paul
>
>
> [1] http://www.postfix.org/
> [2] http://www.credativ.de/software/software%C3%BCbersicht/mail/postfix
>
