Re: [RFC] squid-3.2 - SPONSORS update - Draft 2

*** We have 15 days to get this updated correctly.

I *think* I got the ordering right now.

The SPONSORS file is supposed to:

  * list Sponsors who paid for significant developments in the squid
code, donated hardware for devleopment etc.
  * exclude cash donations to the project (only cash to a developer for
specific work)
  * in an ordered list broken down in reverse-chronological order of the
latest release they sponsored anything.

For simplicity of maintenance I'm adding @Squid-X.Y labels at the
boundaries for the bzr copy. They should be stripped out automatically
by the "make dist" process.

Things to clarify if anyone wants to:

* The Measurement Factory - better burb?

* SourceForge - better blurb?

* Launchpad - better blurb?

Changes since draft 1:
* added Messagenet to 3.2 section (EU server donation and bandwidth)
* added LaunchPad to 3.2 section (BZR hosting services to squid-3)
* added SourceForge to 2.7 section (CVS hosting services to squid-2)

* moved Swell Tech to 2.6 section
* moved BBC/Seimens to 3.1 section
* moved NSF to 2.3 section. blurb mentions Y2k as last funding
* moved SGI to 2.4 section. seems they supplied Adrian hardware in or
before 2001

* dropped craigslist - seems to be a cash donation.
  ++ we are making this a non-cash sponsors list (cash to a developer ==
code donation to the Project).

* various blurb polish in a few places, to clarify numbers and remove
vagueness (ie "ongoing"), and remove obsolete links (devel.* site)

Amos

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In addition to the numerous volunteer developers (see CONTRIBUTORS),
the following organizations have provided non-financial support for
the Squid Project:

@Squid-3.2:
iiNet Ltd - http://www.iinet.net.au/

        iiNet Ltd contributed significant development resources to
        Squid during its early stages and was instrumental in its
        early adoption in the local internet community.
        In Squid-2.6 and 3.0 iiNet supplied equipment to help develop
        and test the WCCPv2 implementation.
        In Squid-3.2 iiNet sponsored development time to resolve
        authentication problems.

LaunchPad - http://launchpad.net/

        Provide Bazaar mirroring services and host the Squid-3 developer
        project code.

Messagenet - http://messagenet.it/

        Messagenet donated hardware and bandwidth for the wiki server
        and most continuous integration testing.

Palisade Systems - http://www.palisadesys.com/

        Palisade Systems funded SSL Bump feature development in Squid3.

The Measurement Factory - http://www.measurement-factory.com/

        Measurement Factory has constributed significant resources
        toward Squid-3 development and server maintenance.

Treehouse Networks, NZ - http://treenet.co.nz/

        Treehouse Networks has contributed significant resources
        toward Squid-3 development and maintenance for their customer
        gateways and CDN.

@Squid-3.1:
Barefruit - http://www.barefruit.com/

        Barefruit has funded Squid-3.0 and 3.1 development and maintenance,
        with a focus on content adaptation (ICAP and eCAP) support.

BBC (UK) and Siemens IT Solutions and Services (UK)

        Provided developement and testing resources for Solaris /dev/poll
        support in Squid-3.1.

webwasher AG - http://www.webwasher.com/

        webwasher AG paid for improvements to Squid-3.1 ICAP client
        implementation.

SourceForge - http://www.sourceforge.net/

        Provide CVS mirroring services and hosted the Squid-2 developer
        project code.

@Squid-3.0:
Kaspersky Lab - http://www.kaspersky.com/

        Kaspersky Lab funded initial development of ICAP support in
        Squid-3.0

MARA Systems AB - http://www.marasystems.com/

        MARA systems has sponsored the bug fixing and maintenance for
        most Squid-2.5 releases, and a number of new features to be found
        in Squid-3.0.

Zope Corporation - http://www.zope.com/

        Zope Corporation funded the development of the ESI protocol
        (http://www.esi.org) in Squid-3.0 to provide greater cachability
        of dynamic and personalized pages by caching common page
        components.

@Squid-2.7:
Picture IQ - http://www.pictureiq.com/

        Picture IQ bought simple support for the Vary header to Squid-2.7,
        to help their accelerator setups.

Yahoo! Inc. - http://www.yahoo.com/

        Yahoo! Inc. supported the development of improved refresh
        logics. Many thanks to Yahoo! Inc. for supporting the development
        of these features.

@Squid-2.6:
Swell Technology - http://www.swelltech.com/

        Swell Technology provided development and testing support to the
        Squid-2 project, as well as hardware donations for Squid developers.

@Squid-2.4:
SGI - http://www.sgi.com/

        SGI has provided hardware donations for Squid developers.

@Squid-2.3:
The National Science Foundation

        The NSF was the primary funding source for Squid development
        from 1996-2000. Two grants (#NCR-9616602, #NCR-9521745)
        received through the Advanced Networking Infrastructure
        and Research (ANIR) Division were administered by the
        University of California San Diego.

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Received on Sun Jul 29 2012 - 04:33:14 MDT