[RFC] squid-3.2 - SPONSORS update

*** We have 15 days to get this updated correctly.

The SPONSORS file is supposed to:

  * list Sponsors who paid for significant developments in the squid code, donated hardware for devleopment etc.

  * exclude cash donations to the project (only cash to a developer for specific work)

  * in an ordered list broken down in reverse-chronological order of the latest release they sponsored anything.

For simplicity I'm adding @Squid-X.Y labels at the boundaries for the bzr copy, not sure whether to keep them in the final packaged copy. Comments?

Another option is to list sponsors under each version when they contributed multiple times.
That looks a little messy with the ongoing sponsors (Treehouse, Measrement Factory etc) so have not done it for this draft.

Below is my first attempt at remembering things. Please check and correct. Notice the bottom four entries are unknown to me.

Alex: The Measurement Factory is missing but I know they were involved in a lot of code developments as late as 3.2. Is there a blurb we can add?

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@Squid-3.2

BBC (UK) and Siemens IT Solutions and Services (UK)

        Provided developement and testing resources for Solaris /dev/poll
        support.

iiNet Ltd - http://www.iinet.net.au/

         iiNet Ltd contributed significant development resources to
         Squid during its early stages and was instrumental in its
         early adoption in the local internet community. iiNet has also
         recently supplied equipment to help develop and test the WCCPv2
         implementation in Squid-2.6 and Squid-3.0 iiNet has also sponsored
        the redesign and bug fixes in Squid-3.2 authentication.

Palisade Systems - http://www.palisadesys.com/

        Palisade Systems funded SSL Bump feature development in Squid-3.1

The Measurement Factory. - http://www.measurement-factory.com/

        ????

Treehouse Networks, NZ - http://treenet.co.nz/

        Treehouse Networks has contributed significant development resources
        toward Squid-3 development and maintenance for their customer
        gateways and CDN.

@Squid-3.1

Barefruit - http://www.barefruit.com/

        Barefruit has funded Squid-3 development and maintenance,
        with a focus on content adaptation (ICAP and eCAP) support.

webwasher AG - http://www.webwasher.com/

        webwasher AG paid for improvements to Squid's iCAP client
        implementation. You can find the results of this work
        at http://devel.squid-cache.org/icap/

@Squid-3.0

Kaspersky Lab - http://www.kaspersky.com/

        Kaspersky Lab funded initial development of ICAP support in
        Squid-3.

MARA Systems AB - http://www.marasystems.com/

        MARA systems has sponsored the bug fixing and maintentnance for
        most Squid-2.5 releases, and a number of new features to be found
        in Squid-3

Zope Corporation - http://www.zope.com/

        Zope Corporation funded the development of the ESI protocol
        (http://www.esi.org) in Squid to provide greater cachability
        of dynamic and personalized pages by caching common page
        components. Zope engaged one of the core Squid developers
        for the project.

@Squid-2.7

Picture IQ - http://www.pictureiq.com/

         Bought simple support for the Vary header, to help their
        accelerator setups.

Yahoo! Inc. - http://www.yahoo.com/

        Yahoo! Inc. supported the development of improved refresh
        logics. Many thanks to Yahoo! Inc. for supporting the development
        of these features.

@Squid-2.6

@Squid-??

The National Science Foundation

        The NSF was the primary funding source for Squid development
        from 1996-2000. Two grants (#NCR-9616602, #NCR-9521745)
        received through the Advanced Networking Infrastructure
        and Research (ANIR) Division were administered by the
        University of California San Diego.

Swell Technology - http://www.swelltech.com/

        Swell Technology provides ongoing development and testing
        support to the Squid project, as well as hardware donations
        for Squid developers.

SGI - http://www.sgi.com/

        SGI has provided hardware donations for Squid developers.

craigslist - http://www.craigslist.org/

        craigslist has provided funding in recognition of the vital
        role squid plays in their web serving architecture.

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Received on Sat Jul 28 2012 - 06:40:26 MDT