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@ -46,8 +46,9 @@ projects had with funding and asked if we as Contria might be wiling to do
something in this regard. He quickly saw the reasoning behind the idea and was
willing to continue with the project.
> Just like that? \ _Yes just like that. I hope that it will be this easy for
> everyone who tries to do something similar._
> Just like that? \
> _Yes just like that. I hope that it will be this easy for everyone who tries
> to do something similar._
## Getting started
@ -72,9 +73,9 @@ the budget because when I created the list I didn't know yet how much money I
was able to spend. It then turned out that the budget would be a **few
thousand** Swiss Francs, I could freely allocate.
> That doesn't sound like much for a swiss company with over 20 employees. \
> That doesn't sound like much for a Swiss company with over 20 employees. \
> _Compared to the licenses we pay for proprietary software it's indeed not
> that much. But then again, it's still quite a substancial amount. Who knows
> that much. But then again, it's still quite a substantial amount. Who knows
> maybe it will grow in the future._
Last year we had about 40% left which I didn't allocate to a specific project.
@ -92,7 +93,7 @@ budget we have goes fully to the Open Source Collective now.
## Problems when donating
For most projects it was very easy to donate to. Especially when they are on
[opencollective.com](https://opencollective.com). Donating through PayPal works as well but we prefer
[opencollective.com](https://opencollective.com). Donating through PayPal works as well, but we prefer
Open Collective.
Some projects have regular bank accounts which you can donate to, for some this
@ -118,4 +119,4 @@ Free Software inside our company.
For other people that think their employer might be able to contribute to Open
Source projects, I can give the following advice: \
The main reason why we didn't do it before, was that we didn't have someone who
carried the idea forward. So go ahead and give it a try :).
carried the idea forward. So go ahead and give it a try :).