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Project Funding

! Naturally, the OpenBSD project requires funds to operate, due to ! Internet line costs and the same hardware upgrade issues everyone ! experiences. For this reason, the project sells CDROMs of our most ! recent release. Thus, when you buy an OpenBSD CD, whether at a ! conference, from one of our other locations, or from our ! CDROM ordering page, you are helping to increase ! the chance that OpenBSD will make future releases. !

! It is also possible to donate funds or hardware, ! in which case your name ends up on our ! Donations page. ! For more information on this contact ! Theo de Raadt or simply send a ! donation cheque in Canadian or US funds to:

! ! OpenBSD
! 812 23rd Ave SE
! Calgary, Alberta
! Canada
! T2G 1N8
! (Make the cheque out to "Theo de Raadt", since I cannot cash cheques made ! out to "OpenBSD".)
! !

! Additionally, it is now possible to donate money to the project online via ! credit card or ! PayPal. !

! 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". ! !

! In the beginning, Theo de Raadt spent more than $30,000 (CDN) to start ! OpenBSD, mostly due to expensive networking costs in Canada (due ! to USA crypto policies, it is not possible to move the project to the ! USA). Thus far, no serious funding or cost-sharing of the project ! has come from any company or educational institution. ! Theo works full-time on improving OpenBSD, and much of the project's ! funds are spent to buy developers new hardware so that they can ! continue to improve OpenBSD (for example, more than 20 new kinds of ! Ethernet cards have showed up on the market since OpenBSD was ! started). ! Thus, funding is needed at all times. Continued donations from our ! user base are what will ensure that OpenBSD continues to exist. !


Where do our developers live?

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Project Funding

! See our Donations Page.

Where do our developers live?