From owner-freebsd-chat Thu Mar 5 15:10:25 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA06177 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Thu, 5 Mar 1998 15:10:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ns2.cetlink.net (root@ns2.cetlink.net [209.54.54.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA06139 for ; Thu, 5 Mar 1998 15:10:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jak@cetlink.net) Received: from exit1.i485.net (i485-gw.cetlink.net [209.198.15.1]) by ns2.cetlink.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id SAA04571; Thu, 5 Mar 1998 18:09:58 -0500 (EST) From: jak@cetlink.net (John Kelly) To: dg@root.com Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Donations. Date: Thu, 05 Mar 1998 23:11:56 GMT Message-ID: <34ff2ee6.38016448@mail.cetlink.net> References: <199803052225.OAA17332@implode.root.com> In-Reply-To: <199803052225.OAA17332@implode.root.com> X-Mailer: Forte Agent 1.01/16.397 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by hub.freebsd.org id PAA06145 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, 05 Mar 1998 14:25:56 -0800, David Greenman wrote: >>Why should donors part with their money if they have no control over >>getting their concerns addressed? > > Jordan was pretty clear about this already. Most non-profit organizations >work this way, for example - United Way, PBS, etc. The donors *trust* the >principals to spend the money in a wise and useful manner. Yes, but those are organizations performing charitable works for the public good, and giving the donor a tax deduction. Can a FreeBSD organization serving the business needs of ISPs and other likely business donors continue providing tax write-offs to its donors? I expect the IRS will view it as a business consortium, not a charitable organization. If you can raise significant funding for FreeBSD without giving the donors any say in funds allocation, more power to you. -- Browser war over, Mozilla now free. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message