-Naturally, the OpenBSD project requires funds to operate, due to electrical -costs, Internet line costs, the same hardware upgrades that everyone must -experience, and our hackathon events. For this reason, the project sells -CDs, T-shirts, and posters every 6 months when the project makes a release. -When you buy an OpenBSD CD at a conference or from any of the stores listed -at our CDROM ordering page you are -helping to increase the chance that OpenBSD will continue to make -future releases. -Proceeds from all sales come through our main CDROM manufacturer/distributor, -the Computer Shop of Calgary, and then directly fund the project leader. The -remaining money is used to pay for infrastructure costs along with the assistance -of The OpenBSD Foundation. +The OpenBSD Foundation is +a Canadian not-for-profit corporation that assists the OpenBSD Project +according to government-approved charter rules, as exemplified by their + +funding activities from previous years.
-Alternatively, it is also possible to donate funds or hardware, -in which case your name ends up on our Donations page. -If you wish your donation to refer to something other than your name, -or have a link provided on our web page, please send in a comment -with your transaction. (We will vet the URLs that people give us; -for taxation purposes the donations must look like donations, and -we will not allow our donations page to simply be links for advertising -purposes.) + +The OpenBSD Foundation collects contributions by + +Cheque, Bank Draft, PayPal, PayPal recurring, or BitPay.
-In all cases these donations to the project are considered gifts. -The OpenBSD project does not give anything specific in return for the -donations, but simply continues to keep trying to write good free software -for the world. + +Canadian tax structure does not consider "software projects" eligible for +charitable contribution, so the donations are not generally tax deductible. +In many circumstances they can be deducted as an operating expense, so ask +for the advice of your own accountant. In some countries corporations can +deduct their donations under the terms of "Good Will". Those who require +strict-format contribution receipts should contact the directors.
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-Theo de Raadt
-OpenBSD
-812 23rd Ave SE
-Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2G 1N8
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-In turn, the Foundation then uses these contributions to assist OpenBSD -according to the Foundation's charter rules; typically this means they -help with the costs of some hackathon and -with infrastructure needs. Contact the foundation directors at -directors@openbsdfoundation.org -for more information. +
-While donations (as gifts) are not generally tax deductible as charitable -contribution, they may be deductible as an operating expense (or check the -OpenBSD Foundation above -for an even better way), and if someone is so inclined, they should ask for -the advice of their accountant. In some countries corporations can make -deductible donations under the terms of "Good Will". Those who need very -strict contribution receipts should consider talking to the -OpenBSD Foundation. +Such contributions are considered strictly gifts, and are not related in +any way to The OpenBSD Foundation.
-We have a list of hardware that we would like to -see donated to the project. We would appreciate it if people would look -through the list and compare it to personal or corporate junk piles. -Amongst other reasons, the list exists so that project members can own -devices that should be supported, so that future releases ship with better -device driver support. -
- -The following people and organizations (listed in chronological order) have -contributed money, equipment, or services to the OpenBSD, OpenSSH, OpenBGPD, -or OpenOSPFD projects. Donations made to the OpenBSD Foundation are not -listed here. -
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-Since there are several methods of contributing to the OpenBSD project there
-are different maintainers of postings to the list for each method. For
-funds or equipment sent directly to one of the developers then that person
-will update the list and you are presumably in contact already. Email
-addresses for other maintainers at openbsd.org are as follows:
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