> On 19 April 2011 03:17, Theo de Raadt <[email protected]> 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
