Note that these pages are not served via https, and neither is the donations page[1] which contains links to Paypal.<p>This has been pointed out from time to time on the openbsd "misc" email list but I've never seen a good explanation for why these pages are not secure.<p>[1] <a href="http://www.openbsdfoundation.org/donations.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.openbsdfoundation.org/donations.html</a>
Well, I want to donate but I don't want to use PayPal. And US banks charge an arm and a leg for wire transfers. Is there a way I can simply mail them a check?
Their continued unwillingness to create a US 501(c)(3) entity to receive donations from US donors means that they will continue to lose out on a significant number of potential donations.
I appreciate OpenBSD. Among other things their focus on making APIs that are impossible to misuse and hacking down the scope of a problem to the bone result in a lot of interesting products. Basically if you have to consult anything beyond the man page for their stuff they've failed. Given those restrictions they tackle big problems with good results.
Note from the about page: "We are not a registered charity, in the sense that we do not issue tax deductible receipts. " Seems still worthwhile to raise awareness.