On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 8:08 AM, Eric Furman <ericfur...@fastmail.net> wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 15, 2014, at 02:02 AM, Bernte wrote: > > On 14/08/14 16:14, Nicolai wrote: > > > On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 07:16:41AM +0100, Bernte wrote: > > >> Could you please just clarify: I have money and I want that to go to > the > > >> OpenBSD project. I would like as much as possible to make it there > (from > > >> the UK in my case), I would like to give the OpenBSD people the > highest > > >> degree of freedom of what to do with it, and don't need any physical > > >> gadgets to go with it. What is the optimal way to achieve this? > > > > > > The OpenBSD Foundation. > > > > > > http://www.openbsdfoundation.org/donations.html > > > > > > Theo has mentioned it several times this year as being the preferred > > > route. It's as simple as possible. > > > > > > Nicolai > > > > Thanks Nicolai for the answer. A few things have been clarified > > off-list. I now understand the implications of the different routes to > > OpenBSD. > > > > Bernd > > > > The best way to help OpenBSD is to help Theo de Raadt. > The best way to do that is to buy CD's. > Buy a CD and request no CD delivery. > Buy many CD's with this intent. > Buy a CD and have it shipped to Theo. > (not ideal but an option) > Theo does not like to admit it, understandably, but the main > funding of Theo de Raadt's expenses is paid for by CD sales. > If you want OpenBSD to continue to exist *BUY* *CD's*. > If you want the most secure binaries and to help the > OpenBSD project BUY CD's! > > SWIFT and the Foundation fund things like Hackathons. > (I welcome corrections if I am am wrong) > Those things are great. > CD sales support Theo de Raadt directly. > ELECTRICITY > Property taxes > Mortgage > Food > Beer > can One donate Beer to openBSD fondation ? > All sorts of other ESSENTIAL expenses. > We do not want Theo to have to get a commercial job. > That would prevent him from being able to direct the > OpenBSD project. > If that happened then OpenBSD would cease to exist. > BUY CD's > > It's really not that complicated. > > P.S. Theo de Raadt is an asshole. :) > P.P.S. but if you care about OpenBSD that shit is irrelevant. ;) > > -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\
