Re: [gentoo-dev] Paid support

[Chris Gianelloni]

On Wed, 2006-09-06 at 23:50 -0400, Curtis Napier wrote:
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> I'm in support of having a list of devs who want to do paid support.
> Anything that helps people eat is OK in my book. ;)
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> On the other hand, I think we need to have the foundation run this past
> our lawyer(s) and make sure we have our i's dotted and out t's crossed.
> I would hate for something good like this to cause us problems down the
> road.

Umm... The Foundation has zero to do with a contract between two third
parties.  Let me give you an example.  I am currently doing paid "Gentoo
work" for a company, who will remain nameless.  I filled out paperwork
with the company.  My being a member of the Gentoo Foundation, a
Trustee, or anything else, has exactly zero bearing on my being
contracted, as an individual, to a company.

> I know christel is consulting with an accountant about adpot-a-dev,
> maybe she can throw this in as well?

Do we have to do some special law-abiding dance to have sponsors listed
on the site?  What about advertisers?

What Christel is researching is the tax law related to individuals
receiving gifts.  It has no bearing on the Foundation itself.

Let's look at this another way.  We have advertisers that sell Gentoo
servers and Gentoo-based services.  How exactly is this any different?
Is it because they're developers?  How does that matter?  In the end,
the contract is entirely between two third-party entities, the
developer, and whomever contracts him.  It isn't like the Foundation is
offering services.  It isn't.  The individual developers are offering
services.  The Foundation is not any of our employer.  We are not bound
by any legal contract to the Foundation, and it has no ties to us.

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Chris Gianelloni
Release Engineering - Strategic Lead
x86 Architecture Team
Games - Developer
Gentoo Linux