The NetBSD Project is an entirely volunteer project, and charges nothing for the software it produces. Because of that, it's a lot harder to support new hardware. Unfortunately, ``support'' for a piece of hardware doesn't mean simply writing the code that makes the hardware usable, it also includes making sure that code is improved as time goes on, and is kept up to date with the changing interfaces to the rest of the system. That means that in order to provide a decent level of support for a piece of hardware, someone working closely with NetBSD's port maintainers, or one of the port maintainers themselves, must have access to the hardware and be willing to support it. Unfortunately, because the NetBSD Project isn't funded by sales or royalties, the developers can't afford to buy all the hardware that users want to have supported. Therefore, they must rely on others to make donations and loans.
The following people and organizations (in alphabetical order) have made donations or loans of hardware and/or money to support NetBSD development, and deserve credit for it:
If you're not on that list and should be, or see any other problem with it, tell us! We don't feel that it'd be right for us to put your name on public display without your permission.
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