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While donations are not US tax deductable as charible contribution,
they may be deductable 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 deductable
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?
This map approximates where our developers live. We will attempt to update it
occasionally, but please don't count on that.