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I don't see a really good point in the children of this sub-thread to post this, so I'll just go here and hope it gets attention. I'm seeing a lot of contentio

by greggyb 11y ago

I don't see a really good point in the children of this sub-thread to post this, so I'll just go here and hope it gets attention. I'm seeing a lot of contention over selling a license for a product. Would it be a viable workaround to sell installation media? I know OpenBSD sells CDs of its releases, though I am not sure I know the details of that (there seems to be a difference between the OpenBSD CDs and the OpenBSD Foundation).

fweespeech 11y ago
Probably but I'm not saying "its impossible" but rather "You need a CPA and tax attorney to cover your ass appropriately" at which point is there enough people like Patio11 to cover that cost? OpenBSD is also Canadian which is neither American or Japanese [which is the part the original parent was talking about] so I don't know their tax laws at all. :/ Individual donations and corporate donations are a course that don't require that level of expertise to execute on as a revenue source. Running a for-profit that sells software licenses is the cheapest way to comply if you intend to sell software licenses as you don't need to pay a 3rd party to prepare taxes for your LLC and advise you on how to keep your 501(c)3 exemption.