[OpenSSH]

Donations

OpenSSH has no wealthy sponsors, nor a business model. In fact, no Commercial Unix or Linux vendor has ever given our project a cent. Naturally, the OpenSSH project requires funds to operate -- particularly so that our team members can meet in person once in a while (at OpenBSD hackathons) to design new ideas.

Donations are handled via OpenBSD, since OpenBSD is the environment and community where OpenSSH is developed.

There are six main ways to fund the project with financial donations:
Cheques
Simply send a donation cheque in CAD/EUR/USD funds made out to Theo de Raadt, since
cheques made out to "OpenSSH" cannot be cashed. (Or mail Theo de Raadt for other ideas).

Theo de Raadt
812 23rd Ave SE
Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2G 1N8

Credit Card
Our online ordering system can do secure credit card transactions for donations from major credit cards.
Or you can combine your donation with an order of our other items. IBAN + BIC
For International bank transfer, people can use IBAN or SWIFT/BIC direct bank transfers. PayPal
We can also accept donations via PayPal Recurring PayPal Donations
As part of OpenBSD, OpenSSH now also supports recurring payments each month. Consistent donations let us worry less about fund-raising and focus more on development. You can become a member by clicking on this button (you will need a PayPal account):
You can cancel your subscription at any time by clicking this button and follow the instructions.

The OpenBSD Foundation
For those unable to make their contributions as straightforward gifts, the OpenBSD Foundation is a Canadian not-for-profit corporation that can accept larger contributions and issue receipts. In some situations, their receipt may qualify as a business expense writeoff, so this is certainly a consideration for some organizations or businesses. There may also be exposure benefits since the Foundation may be interested in participating in press releases.

In turn, the Foundation then uses these contributions to assist OpenBSD's infrastructure needs, and thus directly helps OpenSSH. Contact the foundation directors at directors@openbsdfoundation.org for more information.

While donations (as gifts) are not generally tax deductible as charitable contribution, they may be deductible as an operating expense (or check the OpenBSD Foundation above for an even better way), and if someone is so inclined, they should ask for the advice of their accountant. In some countries corporations can make deductible donations under the terms of "Good Will". Those who need very strict contribution receipts could consider contributing to OpenBSD Foundation instead.

The people and organizations who have contributed money, equipment, or services to OpenSSH are not kept seperate, but are combined with the list of people who have donated to all OpenBSD projects. That list can be found at the main OpenBSD donation page.

Emails about the contents of the donations list:

Since there are several methods of contributing to the OpenBSD project there are different maintainers of postings to the list for each method. For funds or equipment sent directly to one of the developers then that person will update the list and you are presumably in contact already. Email addresses for other maintainers at openbsd.org are as follows:

Via all web order forms: Austin Hook - austin@ Donations via PayPal: Marco Peereboom - marco@ Donations via Euro bank transfer: Theo de Raadt - deraadt@

Note that email sent to www@ (mentioned below) will appear on a public forum.

OpenSSH www@openbsd.org
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