Appeal for donations

Hi All,

As most of you are probably aware, Matthew Toseland has been working
full-time on the Freenet project for the past few months, and the
benefits to the project have been dramatic.  From the slaying of the
crippling "datastore bug", to more recent work, Matthew's contribution
has been invaluable.  Just compare today's Freenet 0.5.1 release with
the last 0.4 release to get a feel for how much difference he has made.

Matthew is able to do this while the Freenet project can pay his living
expenses, which amount to only $1,125/month (this is a fraction of what
even the least expensive software developer makes in the UK). The
project has paid this from donations made via Freenet's website.

Unfortunately, at this time the project's funds are very low, and we are
approaching the time when we need to renew Matthew's contract - without
a significant amount of income over the next few days, it is unlikely
that the project will be able to do this.

It is for this reason that I am making an appeal to subscribes to our 
announcements mailing list, something we have never done before, and 
which will not be a regular event, I promise.  

If every subscriber to this list donated just $10, we could commit to
funding Matthew for the next 8 months.

If you are able to make a contribution, you can do-so by credit card via
our donations page:
    http://freenetproject.org/tiki-index.php?page=Donate

We now also accept "E-Gold" for those who prefer not to use PayPal for 
whatever reason.

Any contribution you can make would be greatly appreciated,

Kind regards,

Ian.

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Ian Clarke                			            [email protected]
Coordinator, The Freenet Project	      http://freenetproject.org/
Founder, Locutus				        http://locut.us/
Personal Homepage				    http://locut.us/ian/