When ordering a CD it lets you tack on a donation. Call it 20 CDs and tax life is good.
- or - Order 20 CDs, give 19 away. Not very hard... On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 02:07:20AM +0200, Benny Lofgren wrote: > On 2011-04-19 16.27, Theo de Raadt wrote: > > 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 > > I'm sure this has been brought up before, but is there a way to buy > "licenses" without actually getting the CD:s? > > The reason I ask is that however much I like to have the CD sets in my > bookshelf, I don't need ten or twenty of them... :-) But I still would like > for my company to pay a fair fee for each system we run OpenBSD on. > > What complicates things for us is that the concept of donations isn't very > practical here in Sweden, as a donation isn't regarded as a tax deductible > expense at all, neither for private individuals nor corporations. A pure > donation will in practice be nearly twice as expensive as the price tag > itself would imply. > > For us it would be awesome to have the opportunity to order a "multi-server > CD", where I could specify for example a ten-system "license", which > would get > me one CD set for the price of ten, with a good receipt for a perfectly > valid, > deductible business expense. It would be an excellent deal in my book. :-) > > (In the meantime, I'll just order the usual CD set with a T-shirt or a > mug or > two and hope for a better way to spend more money later on. :-) ) > > > Regards, > /Benny > > -- > internetlabbet.se / work: +46 8 551 124 80 / "Words must > Benny Lvfgren / mobile: +46 70 718 11 90 / be weighed, > / fax: +46 8 551 124 89 / not counted." > / email: benny -at- internetlabbet.se
