From owner-freebsd-chat Sat Nov 14 09:17:07 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA28834 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Sat, 14 Nov 1998 09:17:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail3.svr.freeserve.net (mail3.svr.freeserve.net [194.152.65.211]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA28829 for ; Sat, 14 Nov 1998 09:17:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from c.raven@ukonline.co.uk) Received: from modem-48.nickel.dialup.pol.co.uk ([62.136.13.176] helo=ukonline.co.uk) by mail3.svr.freeserve.net with esmtp (Exim 2.05iplimit-2 #5) id 0zejIn-0004dW-00; Sat, 14 Nov 1998 17:16:01 +0000 Message-ID: <364DBAB5.9E43F7AD@ukonline.co.uk> Date: Sat, 14 Nov 1998 17:15:33 +0000 From: Christopher Raven Organization: CIAN X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.07 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.7-RELEASE i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Jason C. Wells" CC: Kirk Fort , freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD finances References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Jason C. Wells wrote: > > On Sat, 14 Nov 1998, Kirk Fort wrote: > > >Hi, > > > >Is there any place online where I could find information or a financial > >report for the freeBSD project. Just roughly how much $ goes into the > >project and where the $ is spent. Is the FreeBSD project a non-profit > >organization or is it incorporated or what? > > FreeBSD, Inc is well... incorporated. It is not a non-profit. I doubt the > information you seek is readily available but I think someone who knows > wouldn't mind sharing financial info with the public. > > Catchya Later, | UW Mechanical Engineering > Jason Wells | http://weber.u.washington.edu/~jcwells/ > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message I believe its been stated sometime previous, and by someone whose name escapes, that FreeBSD is simply incorporated for tax purposes and to protect its "rights". As for being non-profit, it is hard to imagine an organisation that gives its products away ever running at a *profit*. Breaking even maybe on its expenses (hardware, maintenance, etc., etc.,). Then again..... That's just my own 2 cents worth. -- Christopher Raven E-mail: c.raven@ukonline.co.uk & ICQ: 2254369 http://www.FreeBSD.org/ "The Power To Serve" http://www.unmetered.org.uk/ "A PC is for life, not just for Xmas" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message