Author: ian Date: 2007-05-15 12:22:03 +0000 (Tue, 15 May 2007) New Revision: 13251
Modified: trunk/website/pages/news.php Log: add donation announcement Modified: trunk/website/pages/news.php =================================================================== --- trunk/website/pages/news.php 2007-05-14 16:12:08 UTC (rev 13250) +++ trunk/website/pages/news.php 2007-05-15 12:22:03 UTC (rev 13251) @@ -14,6 +14,20 @@ our <a href="/donate.html">donations page</a>. --> <h3>News</h3> +<p><b>15th May, 2007 - John Pozadzides donates $10,000 to Freenet Project</b></p> +John Pozadzides, founder of <a href="http://HTMLHelp.com";>HTMLHelp.com</a> and former Vice President of Sales for <a href="http://savvis.net";>SAVVIS Communications</a>, has donated $10,000 to the Freenet Project to fund ongoing +development of the Freenet software. John says: +<blockquote> +More than a decade ago when I founded HTMLHelp.com I had a vision of the Internet as the ?great equalizer?. I believed that it would free us from the content filtering imposed by mega-media companies and governments. It turns out this has been true for most of us - but not all. +<p/> +I view supporting the Freenet Project as a logical extension of that original dream, this time to include people who were previously unable to freely participate. +</blockquote> +This donation will be used to fund general development, and in particular, improvements to software usability and stability. A specific +goal is the completion of Freenet's "opennet" functionality which will make it far easier for many users to get Freenet up and running. +<p/> +Anyone is free to make their own donation to the project, via a variety of convenient methods including Paypal and Google Checkout through our <a href="donate.html">donations page</a>. +<p/> +You can read John's blog entry announcing this donation <a href="http://onemansblog.com/2007/05/15/privacy-equals-freedom-support-the-freenet-project/";>here</a>. <p><b>12 March, 2007 - Google Summer of Code update</b></p> <p>We have selected 6 students to work for us over the summer, paid for by <a href="http://code.google.com/soc/freenet/about.html";>Google Summer of Code</a>.<p>
