On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 11:30 AM, 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.
This would absolutely be an issue. I have no idea what protection we would have under IM Freedom, but yes, this could be problematic. > > 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. For what it's worth, Evan has been paying taxes on our assets. I don't know about the funds that IM Freedom holds for us, but I know for a fact that he's been paying on our donations. > > 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. > > -- > Steve > > Typed with thumbs, not a lawyer, doesn't give legal advice > > On Jul 28, 2011, at 6:06 AM, Mike Houben <m...@crazyhstudio.net> wrote: > >> Greetings everyone, >> >> we just talked on the IRC to initiate a Fundraiser like Wikipedia does. So >> we can move some of our biggest missings Features a bit forward and help out >> the Rest. >> >> What are your thought about this? >> >> Mike > >
