From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Jun 7 22:45:53 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id WAA11777 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 7 Jun 1996 22:45:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from Root.COM (implode.Root.COM [198.145.90.17]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id WAA11766 for ; Fri, 7 Jun 1996 22:45:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by Root.COM (8.7.5/8.6.5) with SMTP id WAA12703; Fri, 7 Jun 1996 22:45:53 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199606080545.WAA12703@Root.COM> X-Authentication-Warning: implode.Root.COM: Host localhost [127.0.0.1] didn't use HELO protocol To: crb@glue.umd.edu (Christopher R. Bowman) cc: hackers@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: hackers-digest V1 #1211 In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 08 Jun 1996 00:40:30 EDT." From: David Greenman Reply-To: davidg@Root.COM Date: Fri, 07 Jun 1996 22:45:53 -0700 Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >>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