[tor-commits] r25115: {website} add faq entry about donations for relays (website/trunk/docs/en)

[Roger Dingledine]

Author: arma
Date: 2011-09-27 01:46:49 +0000 (Tue, 27 Sep 2011)
New Revision: 25115

Modified:
   website/trunk/docs/en/faq.wml
Log:
add faq entry about donations for relays


Modified: website/trunk/docs/en/faq.wml
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--- website/trunk/docs/en/faq.wml	2011-09-27 00:00:13 UTC (rev 25114)
+++ website/trunk/docs/en/faq.wml	2011-09-27 01:46:49 UTC (rev 25115)
@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@
     <li><a href="#MultipleRelays">I want to run more than one relay.</a></li>
     <li><a href="#RelayMemory">Why is my Tor relay using so much memory?</a></li>
     <li><a href="#WhyNotNamed">Why is my Tor relay not named?</a></li>
+    <li><a href="#RelayDonations">Can I donate rather than run my own
+    relay?</a></li>
     </ul>
 
     <p>Running a Tor hidden service:</p>
@@ -1371,6 +1373,44 @@
 
     <hr>
 
+    <a id="RelayDonations"></a>
+    <h3><a class="anchor" href="#RelayDonations">Can I donate rather
+    than run my own relay?</a></h3>
+
+    <p>
+    Sure! We recommend two non-profit charities that are happy to turn
+    your donations into better speed and anonymity for the Tor network:
+    </p>
+    <ul>
+    <li><a href="https://www.torservers.net/">torservers.net</a>
+    is a German charitable non-profit that runs a wide variety of
+    exit relays. Note that they also like donations of bandwidth from
+    ISPs.</li>
+    <li><a
+    href="https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Noisebridge_Tor">Noisebridge</a>
+    is a US-based 501(c)(3) non-profit that collects donations and turns
+    them into more exit relay capacity.</li>
+    </ul>
+
+    <p>
+    These organizations are not the same as <a href="<page
+    donate/donate>">The Tor Project, Inc</a>, but we consider that a
+    feature. They're both run by nice people.
+    </p>
+
+    <p>
+    Note that there can be a tradeoff here between anonymity and
+    performance. The Tor network's anonymity comes in part from diversity,
+    so if you are in a position to run your own relay, you will be
+    improving Tor's anonymity more. At the same time though, economies
+    of scale for bandwidth mean that combining many small donations into
+    several larger relays is much more efficient at improving network
+    performance. Improving anonymity and improving performance are both
+    worthwhile goals, so however you can help is great!
+    </p>
+
+    <hr>
+
     <a id="KeyManagement"></a>
     <h3><a class="anchor" href="#KeyManagement">Tell me about all the keys Tor uses.</a></h3>