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Date:      Fri, 07 Jun 1996 22:45:53 -0700
From:      David Greenman <davidg@Root.COM>
To:        crb@glue.umd.edu (Christopher R. Bowman)
Cc:        hackers@freefall.freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: hackers-digest V1 #1211 
Message-ID:  <199606080545.WAA12703@Root.COM>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 08 Jun 1996 00:40:30 EDT." <v01530500addeb45c2d4a@[128.8.21.194]> 

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>>While the FreeBSD Project is not a 501(C3) (non-profit) corporation and
>>hence cannot offer
>>special tax incentives for any donations made, any such donations will be
>>gratefully accepted on
>>behalf of the project by FreeBSD, Inc.
>
>Why isn't it a 501 c3?

   Because a 501(c)(3) is too difficult to set up and because we're too busy
to deal with it. It also makes taxes more difficult to do and has other
reporting requirements. We're not going to do this unless and until we have
real money to worry about.

-DG

David Greenman
Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project



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