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[Mark Hammond]

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Title: Donations for the SpamBayes project
Author-Email: SpamBayes at python.org
Author: SpamBayes

<h2>SpamBayes donations</h2>
<p>SpamBayes is free software.  There is absolutely no obligation to pay
any money to use or redistribute the software.  However, the developers
of the software consider the Python Software Foundation (PSF) a charity
worthy of your support.  A donation to the PSF would not only
demonstrate your appreciation of this tool, but also help to advance the
development of other Python-based open source tools in the
future.</p>

<h2>About the PSF</h2>
<p>The PSF is a non-profit organization devoted to advancing the
Python programming language.  The PSF is a registered US non-profit 
organization, so all donations made by US residents will be fully tax 
deducatible (but see the 
<a href="http://www.python.org/psf/donations.html">PSF donations page</a>
for specific details).</p>

<p>For more information on the PSF, please see the 
<a href="http://www.python.org/psf/">PSF web site</a>.

<h2>Why donate to the PSF?</h2>
<p>SpamBayes is written in the 
<a href="http://www.python.org">Python programming language</a>.  The 
developers of SpamBayes believe that if it were not for Python, SpamBayes 
would simply not exist - the productivity gains and ease of use made it 
possible for a bunch of hackers to experiment freely and somehow end up with 
this very nice tool.</p>

<p>In addition, the developers are all strong advocates of Open Source 
Software.  It gives us powerful, free tools we can use to develop software,
but more importantly, the tools come with the ultimate technical reference - 
the source code.  Therefore, we are able to fully understand and sometimes 
even fix the tools we rely on.
</p>

<h2>Yeah yeah, but why donate to the PSF?</h2>
<p>Many different people have donated their time to this project, which makes
it unreasonable for any individual to collect money.  As the PSF is a 
registered non-profit and devoted to promoting Open Source Software, it
seems the logical choice.</p>

<h2>What will the PSF do with my money?  Will it be spent on SpamBayes?</h2>
<p>Your SpamBayes donation goes into the general PSF fund; it is not 
earmarked specifically for the SpamBayes project.  In the future, the PSF
may make additional funds available for SpamBayes, for some other worthy
Open Source project, or for some other purpose within its charter.  You
may like to read the 
<a href="http://www.python.org/psf/mission.html">PSF Mission Statement</a> 
for more details.</p>
    
<h2>OK, OK, where do I pay?</h2>
<p>Please make sure you have read this document, so you know exactly
why you are giving money ('cos the software is so cool) and to whom
(the PSF).</p>

<p>To donate now using PayPal, simply click here
  <form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post">
    <input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_xclick">
    <input type="hidden" name="business" value="psf-donations at python.org">
    <input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="SpamBayes Project">
    <input type="hidden" name="item_number" value="PSF Donation">
    <input type="hidden" name="no_note" value="1">
    <input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="USD">
    <input type="hidden" name="tax" value="0">
    <input type="image" src="https://www.paypal.com/images/x-click-but21.gif"
           border="0" name="submit" 
           alt="Donate to the Python Software Foundation using PayPal">
  </form>
</p>