You're missing the point. OpenBSD is not a non-for-profit organization. OpenBSD is not a for-profit organization. OpenBSD, for all intents and purposes, is Theo de Raadt. This has implications. Period.
There is work being done to put into place appropriate legal entities. This is essentially a large exercise in paperwork for accounting and audit compliance. We're on it. This stuff doesn't happen overnight. Now let's leave it at that... >I could be wrong, but the original question said nothing about >"non-profit" the way i read the first question as simply as, why cant >OpenBSD(a for-profit entity) do advertising, via a search page for >google(a for-profit entity, as far as i know), and get paid for it. >Nothing non-profit required, simply an advertising deal between 2 >for-profit companies. > >This would not require any "inconsistencies" either, as both companies >are for-profit. So in much the same way that we pay OpenBSD for CD >sets, Google would be paying OpenBSD for searches. Am I wrong >somewhere in that? > >On 1/22/07, Martin SchrC6der <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> 2007/1/21, L. V. Lammert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> > Actually, I talked to Theo about this last year, as we currently operate >> > a non-profit that is underutilized. The problem is that since OBSD is NOT >> > a non-profit, a 'regular' corp cannot transfer funds without a TON of >> > justification paperwork (especially internationally) - our attorney said >> > it was definately not worth the legal expense involved and would almos >> > certainly invite an IRS audit (at more expense). >> >> That's why the OpenBSD Enterprise Bundle exists: >> http://www.dixongroup.net/?q=openbsd >> >> Best >> Martin
