> >> it would be interesting to know about how MUCH money donated > >> to the openbsd project you all are REALLY talking here... > > > > In the last month about 1/5th of what we need to run in a year > > has been donated. > > > > Sad, eh. 350 donation transactions in one month. I had no idea > > that the OpenSSH deployment on the planet was that small. I > > suspected it to be much higher: > > > > http://openssh.com/usage/graphs.html > > > > I noticed that donations to OpenBSD "are not US tax deductible as > charitable contribution". > > American companies would give you more money if it were. Of course > you know that already, > so this is not to suggest that you have not thought of it. Hopefully > it won't generate too much > anger if I ask.... why not? What keeps the OpenBSD project from > filing as a non-profit? Is it > the location (i.e. Canada)? I have a feeling this has been asked > before but I'm sure there > are new readers on this list (such as myself) that could benefit from > a repeated answer.
There are very good reasons for not becoming a non-profit. Accounting wise it would NOT help the project. Non-profits with such a small amount of money are severely limited in what they can do. This question has been answered at least 20 times before. Now 21 times...
