>Liam J. Foy wrote:
>
>> Yes, we are pleased to be a new reseller based in the UK (we serve
>> Europe too of course! - the 'we' bit is a close friend who is involved
>> in distribution in the UK (which is what we're also setting up)).
>>
>> We are not associated with the OpenBSD project, but Theo has kindly let
>> us use this domain.
>>
>> And of course, yes, money flows right back into the OpenBSD Project.
>
>All with a written contract this time, I hope? :-|
There is no need to do such contracts with resellers who --
a) pre-pay their bulk orders,
or
b) pay on standard net-30 or such terms
but more importantly
c) don't get trusted to take donations for the project
d) don't get to do double accounting for things they spend
"for us", and then charge back to us as a bill, and then
also deduct the receipt against their taxes
e) don't get to withhold payment for many years
f) don't get to do VAT fraud on import
g) don't get rights to print posters and keep the profits
because we think it helps us all
h) don't get rights to print tshirts and keep the profits
because we think it helps us all
i) print other things they were not granted the rights to
do and then keep the profits
j) then _transfer_ the artwork to other people for making
their own tshirts, in direct violation of copyright law
The situation is less favorable for these new resellers but it also
means noone can be taken advantage of. They also cannot do what Wim
did to us.
Don't worry. These are regular resellers. And I am very happy to
see them show up! Welcome, Liam!
