Packt Publishing Donates Over $100,000 to Open Source Projects
Mar 20th, 21:04 UTC
Packt Publishing today announced that its donations to Open Source projects surpassed the $100,000 mark Birmingham, UK, March 17 - Packt Publishing today announced that its donations to Open Source projects surpassed the $100,000 mark. Following its first donation to the phpMyAdmin project in April 2004, the company has gone on to provide sustained support for over thirty different open source projects.
Packt has introduced initiatives such as the Open Source Project Royalty Scheme and Open Source
CMS Award to provide sustained donations to projects over the last four years. The Open Source
Project Royalty Scheme allows projects to benefit from the publication of a book, as they are
allocated a percentage of every copy sold. "This is something that we offer to every open source
project that we publish on" said Damian Carvill, Packt's marketing manager. "Packt is proud to
have reached this significant milestone and remains committed to keeping donations at the heart
of its long-term publishing strategy."
The Open Source CMS Award is entering its third year and as its name suggests, is designed to
support, recognize, and reward pen Source Content Management Systems. The winner of 2007's
Overall Award was Drupal, a project which
also benefits from Packt's Open Source Project Royalty Scheme. "The Drupal project and its
community have grown sharply over the last couple of years. The support that Packt has shown,
through its book royalties and awards, has contributed to that success and helped the project
handle its growth" explains Dries Buytaert, Drupal's founder. "The Drupal Association uses the
money that Packt donates on a number of things including, server infrastructure and the
organization of events."
Open source software is freely available and free from restrictions. Open Source projects
survive largely on financial donations and support to cover the essentials that keep them
running. Therefore, regular donations are vital for their ongoing development and relevancy.
"The support that Packt has provided to the jQuery project has been immensely valuable" said
John Resig, founder of jQuery the hugely
popular Open Source JavaScript library. "jQuery survives off the charity of its users and having
these contributions has helped us to continue operations and expand into new projects like:
developing new components, plugins, and general accessibility enhancements."
For more information on Packt Publishing and its donations to Open Source, please visit www.PacktPub.com
(Submitted by Duane Moraes of Packt Publishing)
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