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Date:      16 Jan 2002 17:20:03 -0800
From:      swear@blarg.net (Gary W. Swearingen)
To:        Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD Chat List <freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: FreeBSDmall vs Daemonnews mall
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Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> writes:

> I think that the safest arrangement would be an independent
> business organization, which *chose* to donate all profits
> that it could, to the FreeBSD Foundation.

That probably wouldn't be much "safer" because it's donation would
be no different than Foundation Gift Shop income or the big gift from
Steve Jobs (ha) as none of these would fall into the less-than-four-
per-cent category, upon which the non-profit status largely depends.
But, one could hope that CD sales wouldn't bring in much money, so it
would count as one of the small-potatoes contributions.  :-)

> In any case, it's unlikely that you will see a distribution by
> the FreeBSD Foundation, IMO, unless it is a one-off sent out
> to universities and high schools, in furtherance of the FreeBSD
> Foundation charter.  In any case, it would not be "for profit",
> since it could not be.

NPOs may make profits -- just not too much profit to keep Uncle Sam
happy.

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