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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

recent release. The project also started making tshirts to fund the

project. Thus, when you buy an OpenBSD CD or tshirt, whether at a

conference, from one of our other locations, or from our

<a href=orders.html> CDROM ordering page</a>, you are helping to

<a href=orders.html> CDROM ordering page</a>, you are helping to increase

increase the chance that OpenBSD will make future releases.

the chance that OpenBSD will make future releases.

It is also possible to donate funds or <a href="want.html">hardware</a>,

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out to "OpenBSD".)

Theo de Raadt has spent more than $30,000 (CDN) to make OpenBSD run so

In the beginning, Theo de Raadt spent more than $30,000 (CDN) to start

far, mostly due to expensive networking costs in Canada and such (due

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). No funding or cost-sharing of the project comes from any

USA). Thus far, no serious funding or cost-sharing of the project

company or educational institution. As well, Theo works full-time on

has come from any company or educational institution.

improving OpenBSD. Additional funding is urgently needed at all times,

Theo works full-time on improving OpenBSD, and much of the project's

in fact a nice sponsorship or two would go a long ways towards ensuring

funds are spent to buy developers new hardware so that they can

that OpenBSD continues to exist. Currently the project is in grave

continue to improve OpenBSD (for example, more than 20 new kinds of

danger.

ethernet cards have showed up on the market since OpenBSD was

started).

Thus, funding is needed at all times, in fact a nice sponsorship or two

Please do not take this above statement too lightly, since the

would go a long ways towards ensuring that OpenBSD continues to exist.

project is typically not in strong financial health.

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