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<p>The Buildroot open-source project is supported by a
non-profit organization called the <strong>Buildroot
Association</strong>. The goal of this non-profit
organization is <strong>to engage actions to promote, help
develop and democratise the Buildroot project</strong>.</p>
<p>This non-profit organization is registered as a legal
entity in France, more precisely as an <em>association loi
1901</em>.</p>
<p>This organization can receive funding from members,
donors and sponsors. This funding is then used to pay for:</p>
<ul>
<li>the meeting rooms used during the Buildroot
Developers Meeting twice per year;</li>
<li>travel expenses for contributors
willing to attend the Buildroot Developers
Meeting, and not covered by their employer to do
so;</li>
<li>renting servers and services used to host the
Buildroot infrastructure.</li>
</ul>
<p>The bylaws of the association are available
in <a href="https://gitlab.com/buildroot.org/buildroot-association/-/raw/master/statuts_fr.txt">French</a>
(official) and
in <a href="https://gitlab.com/buildroot.org/buildroot-association/-/raw/master/statutes_en.txt">English</a>
(unofficial translation). The association was declared on
March 14, 2016 to the <em>Préfecture de Haute-Garonne</em>
(France) and is registered under the n°W313024278. See this
official <a href="https://gitlab.com/buildroot.org/buildroot-association/-/raw/master/pdf/Recepisse_CR.pdf">receipt</a>
from the French authorities.</p>
<p>Our accounting is fully public, including the bank
account summaries,
see <a href="https://gitlab.com/buildroot.org/buildroot-association/-/tree/master/accounting">accounting</a>. Numerous
other administrative documents related to the association
are available on
its <a href="https://gitlab.com/buildroot.org/buildroot-association/">Gitlab
repository</a></p>
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<div class="panel-heading">Becoming a member</div>
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<p>To become a member, an individual or a company simply has
to pay its yearly membership. For an individual, the minimum
membership fee per year is 10 EUR. For a company, the
minimum membership fee per year is 150 EUR. Individuals and
companies are free to give more than the minimum
required.</p>
<p>The membership is valid for the current civil year, i.e
any membership fee paid in 2019 is valid through December 31,
2019.</p>
<p>Once the membership fee is received, it will be listed in
the
association <a href="https://gitlab.com/buildroot.org/buildroot-association/-/tree/master/accounting">accounting</a>
files, which serve as the official list of
members. Therefore, members accept that their name and the
amount of their membership fee is made public.</p>
<p>There are two possibilities to pay the membership
fee:</p>
<ul>
<li>A direct wire-transfer to the association bank
account. Since the bank account is located in France, this
is completely free of charge for any person or company
located in the European Union. The IBAN number of the
association bank account is <code>FR53 2004 1010 1615 0958
0P03 772</code>.</li>
<li>A Paypal payment to the association Paypal account,
whose address
is <code>buildroot-association@buildroot.org</code>.</li>
</ul>
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<div class="panel-heading">Sponsoring the project</div>
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<p>Companies willing to help the Buildroot project can do so
by making a donation to the <em>Buildroot
Association</em>. In exchange for these donations, companies
will be listed on our <a href="/sponsors.html">Sponsors</a>
page and will be thanked in our release announcements.</p>
<p>As the <em>Buildroot Association</em> is a legal entity
registered in France, it is able to deliver a bill and/or
receipt.</p>
<p>Please
contact <a href="mailto:buildroot-association@buildroot.org">buildroot-association@buildroot.org</a>
if you are a company interested in making a donation.</p>
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