1<!--#include file="header.html" --> 2 3<div class="container"> 4 <div class="row nh"><!-- current sponsor row --> 5 <div class="col-lg-10 col-lg-offset-1 col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12"> 6 <div class="panel panel-primary"> 7 <div class="panel-heading">Association</div> 8 <div class="panel-body"> 9 10 <p>The Buildroot open-source project is supported by a 11 non-profit organization called the <strong>Buildroot 12 Association</strong>. The goal of this non-profit 13 organization is <strong>to engage actions to promote, help 14 develop and democratise the Buildroot project</strong>.</p> 15 16 <p>This non-profit organization is registered as a legal 17 entity in France, more precisely as an <em>association loi 18 1901</em>.</p> 19 20 <p>This organization can receive funding from members, 21 donors and sponsors. This funding is then used to pay for:</p> 22 23 <ul> 24 <li>the meeting rooms used during the Buildroot 25 Developers Meeting twice per year;</li> 26 <li>travel expenses for contributors 27 willing to attend the Buildroot Developers 28 Meeting, and not covered by their employer to do 29 so;</li> 30 <li>renting servers and services used to host the 31 Buildroot infrastructure.</li> 32 </ul> 33 34 <p>The bylaws of the association are available 35 in <a href="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/buildroot/buildroot-association/master/statuts_fr.txt">French</a> 36 (official) and 37 in <a href="https://github.com/buildroot/buildroot-association/blob/master/statutes_en.txt">English</a> 38 (unofficial translation). The association was declared on 39 March 14, 2016 to the <em>Préfecture de Haute-Garonne</em> 40 (France) and is registered under the n°W313024278. See this 41 official <a href="https://github.com/buildroot/buildroot-association/blob/master/pdf/Recepisse_CR.pdf">receipt</a> 42 from the French authorities.</p> 43 44 <p>Our accounting is fully public, including the bank 45 account summaries, 46 see <a href="https://github.com/buildroot/buildroot-association/tree/master/accounting">accounting</a>. Numerous 47 other administrative documents related to the association 48 are available on 49 its <a href="https://github.com/buildroot/buildroot-association/">Github 50 repository</a></p> 51 </div> 52 </div> 53 54 <div class="panel panel-primary"> 55 <div class="panel-heading">Becoming a member</div> 56 <div class="panel-body"> 57 58 <p>To become a member, an individual or a company simply has 59 to pay its yearly membership. For an individual, the minimum 60 membership fee per year is 10 EUR. For a company, the 61 minimum membership fee per year is 150 EUR. Individuals and 62 companies are free to give more than the minimum 63 required.</p> 64 65 <p>The membership is valid for the current civil year, i.e 66 any membership fee paid in 2019 is valid through December 31, 67 2019.</p> 68 69 <p>Once the membership fee is received, it will be listed in 70 the 71 association <a href="https://github.com/buildroot/buildroot-association/tree/master/accounting">accounting</a> 72 files, which serve as the official list of 73 members. Therefore, members accept that their name and the 74 amount of their membership fee is made public.</p> 75 76 <p>There are two possibilities to pay the membership 77 fee:</p> 78 79 <ul> 80 81 <li>A direct wire-transfer to the association bank 82 account. Since the bank account is located in France, this 83 is completely free of charge for any person or company 84 located in the European Union. The IBAN number of the 85 association bank account is <code>FR53 2004 1010 1615 0958 86 0P03 772</code>.</li> 87 88 <li>A Paypal payment to the association Paypal account, 89 whose address 90 is <code>buildroot-association@buildroot.org</code>.</li> 91 92 </ul> 93 94 </div> 95 </div> 96 97 <div class="panel panel-primary"> 98 <div class="panel-heading">Sponsoring the project</div> 99 <div class="panel-body"> 100 101 <p>Companies willing to help the Buildroot project can do so 102 by making a donation to the <em>Buildroot 103 Association</em>. In exchange for these donations, companies 104 will be listed on our <a href="/sponsors.html">Sponsors</a> 105 page and will be thanked in our release announcements.</p> 106 107 <p>As the <em>Buildroot Association</em> is a legal entity 108 registered in France, it is able to deliver a bill and/or 109 receipt.</p> 110 111 <p>Please 112 contact <a href="mailto:buildroot-association@buildroot.org">buildroot-association@buildroot.org</a> 113 if you are a company interested in making a donation.</p> 114 115 </div> 116 </div> 117 118 </div> 119 </div> 120</div> 121 122<!--#include file="footer.html" --> 123