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  <h2><font color="#e00000">Donations</font></h2>
  <hr>
- OpenBSD has no major sponsors -- the project's infancy was funded by a
+ OpenBSD has no regular wealthy sponsors, nor a serious business model.
- large cash donation from Theo de Raadt (i.e., "savings").  Those funds
+ <p>
- have since dried up, and currently the project is funded by CD and tshirt sales,
+ Naturally, the OpenBSD project requires funds to operate, due to
- as well as generous donations made by various people.
+ Internet line costs and the same hardware upgrade issues everyone
- <a href="goals.html#funding">(For more information...)</a>
+ experiences.  For this reason, the project sells CDROMs and T-shirts.
+ Thus, when you buy an OpenBSD CD or tshirt, whether at a
+ conference, from any sales site, or from our
+ <a href="orders.html">CDROM ordering page</a>, you are helping to
+ increase the chance that OpenBSD will continue to make future releases.
+ <p>
+ It is also possible to donate funds or <a href="want.html">hardware</a>,
+ in which case your name ends up on our
+ <a href="donations.html">Donations page</a>.
+ <p>
+ <hr>
+ Three main ways exist to fund the project with financial donations:
+ <ul>
+ <li>Cheques<p>
+ For more information on this contact
+ <a href="mailto:deraadt@openbsd.org">Theo de Raadt</a> or simply send a
+ donation cheque in Canadian or US funds to:<p>
+ Theo de Raadt<br>
+ OpenBSD<br>
+23rd Ave SE<br>
+ Calgary, Alberta<br>
+ Canada<br>
+ T2G 1N8<p>
+ (Make the cheque out to "Theo de Raadt", since cheques made
+ out to "OpenBSD" cannot be cashed.)<br>
+ <p>
+ <li><a href="https://https.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/donations">Credit Card</a><p>
+ Our online ordering system is able to do secure SSL transactions to debit
+ a donation off major credit cards.<br>
+ If you wish to also order some of our
+ CDs, posters, or T-shirts, <a href="https://https.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/order">
+ visit the standard order web site instead</a>).
+ <p>
+ <li><a href="https://secure.paypal.com/xclick/business=paypal%40openbsd.org&item_name=OpenBSD+Donation&no_shipping=1">PayPal</a><p>
+ Similar to our credit card donation
+ </ul>
+ <hr>
+ <p>
+ While donations are not US tax deductible as charitable contribution,
+ they may be deductible as an operating expense, and if someone is so
+ inclined, they should ask for the advice of their accountant.  The
+ same applies to other countries, where corporations can make deductible
+ donations under the terms of "Good Will".
  <p>
  While donations are not US tax deductible as charitable contribution,
  they may be deductible as an operating expense, and if someone is so