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I've been getting more and more people talking to me looking to pay people to 
fix small Linux bugs but having problems finding smaller companies. Obviously
wanting to send $1000 to have someone fix a driver simply doesn't work when
you talk to big companies.

One thing the FSF do which is rather sensible is keep a list in the packages
of people who you can pay to fix stuff in them. I asked on Linux-kernel
and got a small initial set of company responses. hopefully more will appear
once its merged.

The order is alphabetical logically enough

[Marcelo this seems to apply cleanly to 2.4 as well]

Alan
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--- ../linux.2.5.46/MAINTAINERS 2002-11-05 13:54:42.000000000 +0000
+++ MAINTAINERS 2002-11-05 16:11:31.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@

List of maintainers and how to submit kernel changes

+ (Please also see Documentation/DriverFixers for people who offer driver
+ development and fixing as a business)
+
Please try to follow the guidelines below. This will make things
easier on the maintainers. Not all of these guidelines matter for every
trivial patch so apply some common sense.
--- /dev/null 2002-08-31 00:31:37.000000000 +0100
+++ Documentation/DriverFixers 2002-11-05 18:41:26.000000000 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+People who fix drivers as a business - ie for money. (No recommendation,
+business association or other relationship implied. This for the benefit of
+American lawyers is just a list of people who have asked to be listed - nothing
+more).
+
+
+Company: BitWizard
+Contact: Rogier Wolff
+E-Mail: R.E.Wolff@BitWizard.nl
+
+Company: Caederus
+Contact: Justin Mitchell
+E-Mail: info@caederus.com
+URL: http://www.caederus.com/
+Location: Swansea, Wales, UK
+
+Company: Weinigel Ingenjörsbyrå AB
+Contact: Christer Weinigel
+E-Mail: christer@weinigel.se
+Location: Stockholm, Sweden
+
+Company: WildOpenSource
+Contact: Martin Hicks
+E-Mail: info@wildopensource.com
+
+
+To be added to the list: email <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> giving the
+following information
+
+Company: CompanyName [Required]
+Contact: ContactName [Required]
+E-Mail: An email address [Required]
+URL: Web site [Optional]
+Location: Area/Country [Optional]
+Telephone: Contact phone number [Optional]
+Notes: Any other notes (eg certifications, specialities)
+
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