Re: Show me the money Re: Donations to Debian
At 02:00 PM 8/21/97 -0400, Dave Cinege wrote:
>On Thu, 21 Aug 1997 10:33:41 -0400 (EDT), Tim Sailer wrote:
>
>>
>>One of the reasons is that when people make a donation, it could be
>>tax deductable. Right now it is not. We have to get 501(c)3 status
>
>Why? Of what intestest is that to the people that don't live in the USA.
>How much in donations are to planning to work towards? Do you think the
IRS will
>allow companies to write off the ftp bandwidth they donate? Hell no...
>
>I don't see the need.
What about people who would like to donate with the tax write off? Why
should that avenue be blocked because it won't help everyone involved? As
long as it does not actually hinder people, what's wrong with adding
benefits to those who donate.
Marc
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