OpenWrt finance situation

[Robert Marko]

On Mon, 5 May 2025 at 01:17, Hauke Mehrtens <hauke at hauke-m.de> wrote:
>
> On 5/1/25 23:54, Denver Gingerich wrote:
> > On 2025-05-01 1:43 p.m., Hauke Mehrtens wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I do not have an overview of the OpenWrt finances. The money of the
> >> OpenWrt project is currently managed by the Software Freedom
> >> Conservancy, see https://openwrt.org/donate
> >>
> >> The Software in the Public Interest (SPI) published the account
> >> balance in their annual report, I haven't see such report from the SFC.
> >>
> >> I would like to know:
> >>   * What is our current account balance?
> >>   * How much money do we normally get per year through donations?
> >>   * How much did we spend in the last few years and on what?
> >>    * I know that we payed for some accidental Azure bills and for
> >> Digital Ocean for some months when the sponsoring ended.
> >>    * An overview based on categories should be fine. If you already
> >> have to provide something for the tax report that could be sufficient.
> >>
> >>
> >> I have heard some numbers in some meetings, but I have never seen any
> >> email with numbers.
> >
> > Thanks for reaching out.  When projects join SFC, we ask the project PLC
> > if they want regular finance updates or on-demand updates -- in
> > OpenWrt's case the latter was chosen (and, as you note, we've been
> > answering questions as they've come up).  We are happy to switch to
> > regular reports if the PLC would like.  In any case, we will be sending
> > the PLC a finance update, per this request, as soon as we work out
> > complexities with some recent transactions (in the next week or two).
> >
> > Because the finance update includes confidential information, it will be
> > sent to the PLC directly.  If the PLC wants to use that information to
> > answer the questions you posed above, that is of course fine to do.
> >
> > Please do let us know if there are any other questions that we at SFC
> > can answer at any time.  Thanks!
> >
> > Denver Gingerich
> > Director of Compliance
> > Software Freedom Conservancy
>
> Hi Denver,
>
> Thank you for your fast answer.
>
> I was not aware of this regulation, but I have a bad memory about such
> topics.
>
> If you send a finance update to the PLC it would be very nice to get an
> overview. If it takes 4 weeks it should be fine too.
>
> I think it would be nice if you could send this yearly. You are probably
> preparing something for taxes every year, that could be a good time.
> What do others think about this?

I think that we should opt-in for regular finance reports.

Regards,
Robert
>
> Hauke
>
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