On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 11:30, Stephen Holt <stephen.h...@gmail.com> wrote:
> How is adium structured, legally? > > To my knowledge, Adium is not (officially) any type of organization. > Certainly not one that can accept donations directly without a rather > significant tax burden (like a 501c3 in the US). Historically, donations > have been small and held in trust for Adium by an individual. > > My biggest fear is record keeping and Adium being audited. > > My second biggest fear is that an individual will have to accept the > donations and be saddled with the tax responsibility. That would suck. > > Its early here and I have not yet consumed my coffee, so I may be wrong on > how we're legally structured. However, I'm certain we're not able to accept > tax-deductible donations. > > Adium is part of IM Freedom. http://imfreedom.org