I also heard it said once (though I'm sure I'll be corrected if wrong) that Theo's salary comes from CD purchases but not donations. So the only way to keep him employed full-time on OpenBSD is by buying the disks.
-B On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 6:12 PM, J.C. Roberts <j...@designtools.org> wrote: > On Fri, 10 Sep 2010 00:58:40 +0100 Keith <ke...@scott-land.net> wrote: >> >> Seeing that orders are being taken for the 4.8 release got me >> thinking about purchasing a copy, I don't need a copy on CD so just a >> download for my architecture would be fine. In the past I've sent a >> small donated to the project and was wondering if there's way that I >> could buy the right to download the OS before the official release. >> >> Personally I would happily pay the same as the full CD costs and >> probably some more to just download the OS and the project would save >> on the production of the CD and the postage. >> >> I'd defiantly pay for 802.11G, hope that it's working in this release. >> >> Keith >> > > Keith, > > It seems you're kind of missing the point. The developers *GIVE* the > code away free to everyone. If you appreciate all the time, effort and > expense the developers sink into giving away code for free, then the > right answer is to try to give back to them in some way. Donations are > always welcome. > > Some people work at companies where they use OpenBSD in their > businesses. Since it's often impossible to get their companies to make a > straight forward donation, instead they *BUY* a big stack of release > CDs for their company. Of course, they don't actually need a big stack > of CDs, but it was the only way the could get approval from the bosses. > > As for pre-ordering release CDs, yes, the discs are often (but not > always) delivered before the official release date. Of course, until the > actual release date when the CVS and package mirrors open up to public > access, having the CDs early really doesn't give you much of a head > start. > > Some people don't want stacks and stacks of CDs around, so instead of > ordering release CDs, the order T-Shirts, posters or best of all, just > make donations to give back to the project and developers who give them > so much. > > Personally, I buy the release CDs just for the stickers. ;) > > Either way, release CD sales and donations really do help to fund > continued development of OpenBSD. > > jcr > > > -- > The OpenBSD Journal - http://www.undeadly.org
