From owner-freebsd-chat Sun Apr 12 21:46:53 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA02534 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Sun, 12 Apr 1998 21:46:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from lariat.lariat.org (ppp1000.lariat.org@lariat.lariat.org [129.72.251.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA02526 for ; Sun, 12 Apr 1998 21:46:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from brett@lariat.org) Received: (from brett@localhost) by lariat.lariat.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA07296; Sun, 12 Apr 1998 22:46:35 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <199804130446.WAA07296@lariat.lariat.org> X-Sender: brett@mail.lariat.org X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1998 22:46:03 -0600 To: dwilde1@ibm.net, Frank Pawlak From: Brett Glass Subject: Re: Promoting FreeBSD - the user's piece of the action. Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG, jkh@time.cdrom.com In-Reply-To: <353195BB.CF72D4E4@ibm.net> References: <199804130217.VAA02346@darkstar.connect.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 09:34 PM 4/12/98 -0700, Don Wilde wrote: >I think it is very important for FreeBSD, Inc.'s incorporation to be >switched to 501c3, not just so we who contribute can get a writeoff, but >it's in a legal way kind of like releasing your source code. Bzzzzzt.... Sorry, but Uncle Sam won't buy that. 501(c)(3) status is only given to organizations that are charitable (as in giving EXCLUSIVELY to the needy) or education (as in quadrangles, ivy-covered halls, accreditation, currcicula, etc.). It could be a mutual benefit society, though -- possibly 501(c)(4). --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message