From owner-freebsd-chat Thu Apr 19 22: 2:41 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from lariat.org (lariat.org [12.23.109.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5217237B422 for ; Thu, 19 Apr 2001 22:02:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from brett@lariat.org) Received: from mustang.lariat.org (IDENT:ppp0.lariat.org@lariat.org [12.23.109.2]) by lariat.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id XAA08018; Thu, 19 Apr 2001 23:02:28 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <4.3.2.7.2.20010419225829.04595a80@localhost> X-Sender: brett@localhost X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.2 Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 23:02:26 -0600 To: "Thomas M. Sommers" , freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG From: Brett Glass Subject: Re: Stallman now claims authorship of Linux In-Reply-To: <3ADFB5EA.E8C7ECC0@mail.ptd.net> References: <4.3.2.7.2.20010418003011.045ef3b0@localhost> <4.3.2.7.2.20010418064119.04710720@localhost> <4.3.2.7.2.20010418215113.04440410@localhost> <4.3.2.7.2.20010419204731.00cfb800@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 10:07 PM 4/19/2001, Thomas M. Sommers wrote: >It's hard to see how the FSF fits the definition of a charity, >regardless of where its money comes from. United Way should be informed about this. The FSF recently got itself onto United Way's distribution list. >> I've formed nonprofits and have dealt with >> the IRS on this. > >Then you should know better. I have spent long hours discussing these issues with IRS agents. They look very much askance at non-profits that want to do the same things as, and therefore compete with, for-profit companies. And also at "charities" that do not target a specific group of the needy. >Again, provide a citation. I've read the statute (which takes >precedence over IRS interpretations (or should)); There's a lot more to it than the statute. There are letter rulings and additional rules. See any good book on forming a non-profit, or search on the Web for the term "unrelated business income." >If you are so sure of yourself, why not bring the matter to the >attention of the IRS? If someone other than myself hadn't already done so, I would. > Don't they pay bounties? No. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message