Re: Show me the money Re: Donations to Debian
On Thu, 21 Aug 1997 13:19:55 -0400, Marc W. Brooks wrote:
>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.
They don't have it yet. If they get it, how peope can use it will be limited. In most
case it won't even be feesable
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