On 30/09/17 18:32, Gert Doering wrote: > Hi, > > On Sun, Sep 24, 2017 at 12:58:35PM +0100, OmegaPhil wrote: >> Is there a way to make a one-off Paypal donation to the OpenVPN >> community project? I'm an individual and I don't really want a license >> to the enterprise product, I just want to support the very important >> libre project. > > This is surprisingly complicated :-) - we do not have a legal entity > (like, a foundation) that can take in money. We have OpenVPN tech, but > they do not really want to "wash" money for the free project (if it > comes in on a commercial account, the tax authorities want to see a > report what it's being used for...). > > So what we did in such cases in the past was "one of the core developers > took it on his personal account, and we spent it on food and beer at the > next hackathon". > > So, if that is good enough for you, contact me, David, Samuli, Heiko or > Arne about it :-) > > gert >
Thanks - will follow this up as suggested - yep, donation money is 'no strings attached' so can be spent as the recipient wants.
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