Hi, Theo de Raadt wrote on Thu, Oct 26, 2023 at 12:14:43PM -0600: > 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. >> 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. Oops, sorry for sending outdated and/or misleading information. In that case, a change to donations.html probably isn't needed. Yours, Ingo > 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.
