> On 19 April 2011 03:17, Theo de Raadt <dera...@cvs.openbsd.org> wrote: > > But without CD and tshirt sales, other parts of the project are in > > trouble -- the things that are more difficult to fund out of > > "donations". > > In the past I've stuck to ordering the CD set as the homepage states > that tshirt and poster sales do not fund the project. Is this no > longer the case for tshirts?
tshirt, poster, mug, and cd sales are handled the same. They all offset project costs in Canada. > Do older CD releases fund the project in the same way that newer CD > sets do? Yes! > Ordering a bunch of older releases for my bookshelf (perhaps > not 2.4!) is another way I'd consider contributing to the "money" pot. It is a great way. Yes, some of the CDs we are almost out of are very expensive, intentionally. Some of them have been bought by people, so it is a pretty easy way to fund the project. > Likewise, there are many older posters and a couple of tshirts that > I'd snap up if they still fund the project in the same way. They all fund the project. > I'm asking this as I've no idea what your agreements with your > distributors are (nor do I care); I'd just like the comfort of knowing > that any money I spend is funding the project in the way I > expect/intend. Income: The direct income from sales (Computer Shop (primarily) + distributors) -> Keeps the electrons flowing -> Keeps me from taking that cushy Microsoft job Donations: The OpenBSD Foundation -> Funds the big hackathons and some smaller ones -> Funds the network links The paypal and european accounts -> Funds the remaining small hackathons -> Buys strange new pieces of hardware which are not donated