On 19 April 2011 15:27, Theo de Raadt <dera...@cvs.openbsd.org> wrote: >> 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 >
Thanks for the clarification Theo. FWIW I'd have purchased a poster with 4.8/4.9 if the home/donations/orders pages had included the above. Time to make some enquiries about shipping!
