Open Source fundraiser CD launched

By Stan Beer
Thursday, 02 June 2005 00:50

Open Source service provider, Cybersource has launched an Open Source Fundraiser CD Project for charities and non-profit organisations.

The project offers everything necessary for organisations to generate money from selling CD packs with open source software, much like they do now with
chocolates, pens and badges.

"Open source software is a boon to non-profit and charity organisations
worldwide," said Cybersource special projects officer Arik Gershoni.
"Non-profit organisations are always strapped for cash, and no platform
delivers lower acquisition and ownership costs than Linux and open
source, so it's a natural fit. What we're hoping to do is extend that
realm of usefulness for charities. We want them to not only save money
by using open source - we want them to make money from open source too.
                                                                               
"To that end, we've produced the Open Source Charity Fundraiser CD
Project to help non-profits worldwide raise funds by selling nicely
packaged CDs containing dozens of Windows-based open source
applications, such as Firefox, OpenOffice.org and Blender3D. The outputs of this project are a kit which contains the documentation and instructions, CD and DVD case artwork as well as links to CD-ROM software images of major open source software applications.
                                                                               
"Finally, what makes this an even more natural fit is that non-profit
organisations share the communitarian aspects of the open source
community. The open source community is here to help build and share
useful software - software which is often used by people who can't
afford expensive proprietary equivalents. Much like charities, we are
here to build better and more equitable communities."
                                                                               
The Open Source Fundraiser CD Project kit is available:
http://www.cybersource.com.au/product/charity_fundraiser_cd.html