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From: Jon Portnoy <avenj@g.o>
To: Martin Schlemmer <azarah@g.o>
Cc: Gentoo-User <gentoo-user@g.o>, Gentoo-Dev <gentoo-dev@g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] donations to what?
Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2003 17:35:34
Message-Id: 20030628173532.GA20271@cerberus.oppresses.us
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] donations to what? by Martin Schlemmer
1 On Sat, Jun 28, 2003 at 12:57:02PM +0200, Martin Schlemmer wrote:
2 > On Thu, 2003-06-26 at 05:50, Jon Portnoy wrote:
3 > > On Wed, Jun 25, 2003 at 11:24:50PM -0400, Owen Gunden wrote:
4 > > > (cross posted to gentoo-user & gentoo-dev)
5 > > >
6 > >
7 > > >
8 > > > As far as I can tell gentoo is a for-profit company; does that mean my
9 > > > money could just go straight into Gentoo Inc.'s profit margin? Is there
10 > > > any way for me to make a donation that I am sure will get back to the
11 > > > community?
12 > > >
13 > >
14 > > Gentoo is going to go non-profit soon.
15 >
16 > The last time I checked, it is non-profit.
17 >
18
19 No, Gentoo Technologies is currently registered as a for-profit
20 corporation.
21
22 (Of course, that doesn't mean it's _profitable_ - that just means that's
23 what the legal tax status is)
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26 Jon Portnoy
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Re: [gentoo-dev] donations to what? Martin Schlemmer <azarah@g.o>