[tor-bugs] #10013 [Website]: Better Reflect Existing Sponsorship Information on the Website

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#10013: Better Reflect Existing Sponsorship Information on the Website
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     Reporter:           |      Owner:  phobos
  cypherpunks            |     Status:  accepted
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  enhancement            |    Version:
     Priority:  normal   |   Keywords:  transparency, sponsors, financial,
    Component:  Website  |  disclosure
   Resolution:           |  Parent ID:
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Comment (by cypherpunks):

 Replying to [comment:2 phobos]:
 > Thanks for the thoughts. Here are my thoughts:
 >
 > 1. Sure, I'll work on it.
 >
 > 2 and 3, we generally cannot disclose current contracts, so giving away
 information like "-present" isn't possible. We also have had contracts in
 the past who forbid us from listing them as a sponsor to avoid their name
 showing up in Internet search results tied to Tor. Go figure.

 I'm not trying to be snide in suggesting this and completely understand
 that in many cases contractual obligations like non-disclosure might be
 appropriate decisions to make, but I just wanted to note that some users
 might also find it shady that The Tor Project is or has been prohibited
 from discussing its sponsors on its own website.

 I can only speak for myself and maybe most people don't really care, but
 hearing that a sponsor doesn't want itself listed on the website makes me
 wonder why that sponsor wouldn't want Tor users to find out about its
 sponsorship.

 >
 > We can't publish anything before the audit is completed each year and
 the 990/PC filed. It takes 8-10 months to do the audit at the current
 rate.
 >
 > What we could do is scrap the sponsors page altogether and merge it with
 the financial docs page, and then create a basic set of demographics about
 tor funding, based on 990/PC filings.

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