How to contribute to VideoLAN

Contribute time
	If you have time, we welcome your help in various areas Programmers, see the developer documentation, subscribe to the mailing-lists, have a look at the bug-tracking system, join the IRC channel to get help on how to start coding. Writers, to help improve the documentation Translators, to translate VLC Helpers, to answer on the forums and mailing lists Designers, for this website and VLC
Contribute materials
	Your particular DVD, VCD or SVCD does not work with VLC? You have a satellite card or an MPEG encoding card that is not supported by some VideoLAN software? You can donate it to the developers and it may motivate them to work on your suggestion! In any case, you do not have any warranty that your wish will be taken into account. If you want to donate materials, please contact us.
Donate money
	What is the legal structure of VideoLAN? VideoLAN is a non-profit organisation, under French law. VideoLAN has its own bank account and is responsible for running and maintaining the VideoLAN servers. What are the financial needs of VideoLAN? Buy hardware for developing and testing purposes (DVDs, satellite cards and antenna, MPEG encoding cards,...) Maintain the servers and hardware to run VideoLAN services. Promote the project by organising or participating in events (FOSDEM, Linux Expo Paris, ...) Donate to VideoLAN via PayPal You can donate money to the project through VideoLAN's PayPal account. There is no minimal amount for your donation. If you click on one of the buttons below, you will be taken to the secure PayPal Web site. Enter the amount of the donation you want to make. You don't need to have a paypal account in order to make a donation. Euros: Dollars: If you encounter problems or if you have questions, you can write to VideoLAN's Treasurer (treasurer -AT- videolan -DOT- org). Donate to VideoLAN via Bank account Please Contact us. Remember VideoLAN is free software... VideoLAN software is released under the GNU General Public Licence, and can be used and distributed freely, according to the terms of this licence. There is absolutely no requirement to donate money (this is not shareware software). But if you want to help us move faster, we welcome donations. Contributors We would like to thank all the people who supported the VideoLAN project through their remarks, bug reports or donations. We're particularly grateful to the following people whose contributions made some important projects possible. The partners page also lists some companies and institutions who helped VideoLAN. Julian Cain, who made a $1000 donation to the VideoLAN project The French website MacBidouille gave 500 euros to help us buy a PowerMac G5 The French magazine à vos MAC gave 500 euros to help us buy a PowerMac G5 Freesecurity, who made a 540€ donation to the VideoLAN project The Dutch website Pepermunt.net, who made a 500 euros donation to the VideoLAN project.