Kevin wrote: > Part of the cost savings is that there is no need for a per-machine > license, so the company purchases one copy of each release CD set.
However, the CDs themselves are *not* freely copyable (FAQ 3.3 and interminable misc@ discussions refer); so for business use it seems unremarkably reasonable to buy a sensible number of copies of the install media, where 'sensible number' is bounded below by the number of physical locations where OpenBSD is to be used, and bounded above by the number of machines. This is *not* irreponsible use of company resources - it's licence and copyright compliance, and avoids PHB questions about 'what's this 'donation' line on the invoice', or even trying to explain that T-shirts aren't being bought primarily to wear, but merely as packaging materials to protect the notoriously fragile jewel cases (and subsequently worn as part of a commitment to corporate ecological responsibility, rather than being dumped in the trash).
Stefek
