Joel Carnat <j...@carnat.net> wrote: > > Le 26 oct. 2023 à 16:38, Ingo Schwarze <schwa...@usta.de> a écrit : > > > > The advice is extremely simple: > > > > If you can, donate directly to the OpenBSD project because that means > > 1. the donation can be used for any purpose, including all purposes > > that can be funded by the foundation and some that can't > > 2. it causes less overhead, less paperwork, less bookkeeping effort, > > hence fewer distractions of developers from actual development > > > > Use the Foundation only if *you* have a specific reason why your > > specific donation can only be made through the Foundation and not > > directly. If you don't know, then it seems to me you have no specific > > reason, so donating directly is better. > > > > Yours, > > Ingo > > Maybe it should be written this way on the donations.html page of the web > site. Having the reference to "PayPal recurring" for the Fondation coming > first made me assume this was the preferred way to donate. > > But if I understand you properly, using the other PayPal links should rather > be used, right?
Sorry Ingo, that's incorrect. In my view it is better to donate via the OpenBSD Foundation, and then use their not-for-profit procedures. The direct donations can be considered 'fast cash'. I'm thrilled there is a bit of fast cash available so I can immediately solve some problems with urgency -- without reaching out to the OpenBSD Foundation and waiting for their approval process. But for most things (hackathons, hardware, other major project costs) I believe the transparency they supply is a good thing.
