On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 11:35:46PM -0700, Philip Guenther wrote: > On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 10:16 PM, Sunnz <sun...@gmail.com> wrote: > > forget about multi-license, it is isc license and it doesn't really > > make sense to make them like ms volume license. > > > > but how hard would it be to provide an option for people to specify a > > different price for buying the cd? then you can pay $1000 for a cd if > > you want. > > The tax laws of the country I live in are more than enough for me to > willingly deal with, so I won't claim any expertise in the laws of > other countries, but are the people making these suggestions cognizant > of the various laws and regulations that tend to surround "deductible > business expense" or whatever the nearest local equivalent is? Do you > *really* think a "pick your own price" item is actually fully > deductible in the eyes of a random local tax authority? Really? > Enough to stake your own fortune and business on? Do you know the > laws of other countries enough that your conscience lets you make that > recommendation to people living elsewhere? If so, wow, what are you > doing hanging out on this list instead of making big bucks in finance? > > > If you want to make a contribution and having it be tax deductible is > a significant concern or would result in an increase in the size of > the donation, then contact the OpenBSD Foundation (and review your > relevant tax laws and regulations). The Foundation exists, in part, > so that these issues and concerns don't become an undue burden on > people.
Please note that http://www.openbsdfoundation.org/ 1) is NOT a charitable organization and cannot itself provide tax relief; 2) is incorporated ONLY in Canada; 3) has NO PLANS to become a charitable organization or to expand its legal existance to other countries and in particular the US; 4) has NO staff that could handle many small transactions. 5) does NOT accept directed donations, i.e. "spend this money on hackathon Y", or "buy Theo a hat with this", or "I'll give you $1,000,000 dollars to get Theo to put .NET into base". The OpenBSD Foundation exists solely as a vehicle to create the legal papertrail necessary for some donations. Especially corporate donations with accounting departments to mollify. So if your tax accountant or corporate bean counters need a piece of paper showing that an incorporated entity with a formally documented goal of supporting the OpenBSD project and related projects has received your significant chunk of money, then by all means contact us. But if you have brilliant ideas for marketing, directing Theo and other developers to do something, forcing Austin to run the business in a particular way, or want to donate $1, please do not contact us. .... Ken p.s. on the "$1,000,000 to get Theo to put .NET into base", feel free to contact me offlist. My K street office would be happy to lobby Theo for as long as the money lasts. A stable of bespoke influencial developers would gather wherever he happened to stop and attempt to drink and hack until he agreed. We guarantee results or you get an apologetic phone call. > > > Philip Guenther
