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Kurt Lieber wrote: [Thu Jul 15 2004, 05:40:54PM EDT] |
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> On Thu, Jul 15, 2004 at 02:28:26PM -0700 or thereabouts, Seemant Kulleen wrote: |
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> > My question about the c3 status basically arises when we ponder "what |
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> > exactly makes Gentoo a charity?" Until we can come up with any sort of |
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> > satisfactory (and legally non-murky!) answer, I'll have to maintain that |
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> > c6 is where we need to be, anyway. |
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> charity |
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> n 1: a foundation created to promote the public good (not for |
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> assistance to any particular individuals) |
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I'm mostly agnostic about how we should file, since I'm far from an |
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expert (or even a novice!) on US tax laws. To address this |
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particular issue, though, it might be worth noting that the Python |
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Software Foundation "qualifies under the US Internal Revenue Code as a |
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tax-exempt 501(c)(3) scientific and educational public charity, and |
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conducts its business according to the rules for such organizations." I |
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think it's safe to say that Gentoo would be as legitimate as Python, |
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however legitimate that is. |
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Best, |
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g2boojum |
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Grant Goodyear |
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Gentoo Developer |
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g2boojum@g.o |
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http://www.gentoo.org/~g2boojum |
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