# man > fsf-funding(7)

---
type: CommandReference
command: fsf-funding
mode: man
section: 7
source: man-pages
---

## Quick Reference
- `fsf-funding` — document about funding Free Software by encouraging commercial redistributors to donate.
- Demand specific donation amounts (e.g., "We will donate ten dollars for each disk sold") rather than vague percentages.
- Support development that benefits the whole community (e.g., maintaining standard versions, difficult ports, major features).

## Name
fsf-funding - Funding Free Software

## Description
The document describes how to encourage commercial redistributors of free software to donate funds to free software development, such as the Free Software Foundation. Users should demand that distributors specify exact donation amounts (e.g., per disk) rather than vague "portion of profits". Development work by redistributors is also useful, but prioritize contributions that benefit the entire community, such as maintaining the standard version, difficult ports (e.g., new CPU in GCC), or major new features, over easy ports or separate versions.

## Options
(No options are documented.)

## Examples
(No examples are provided.)

## See Also
- [_gpl_(7)](http://localhost/phpMan.php/man/gpl/7/markdown)
- [_gfdl_(7)](http://localhost/phpMan.php/man/gfdl/7/markdown)

## Exit Codes
(No exit codes are documented.)