-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 06/10/14 12:19, Joseph Rushton Wakeling via Digitalmars-d wrote: […] > By "foundation", do you mean "non-profit organization"? Would it > be any simpler as far as you are concerned to set up an > organization without initially worrying about its non-profit > status?
Indeed D Foundation would be a non-profit company. The non-profit status is, I believe, somewhat important since without it the organization is required to be driven by increasing shareholder value, this is not entirely consistent with being holder of IP for a FOSS project and handling donations from other organization (profit, non-profit, or other). The legal issues are minor compared to the marketing ones: donors want to know that their donations are going to be used to move the projects forward not profit. Obviously though creating a company and then going for non-profit status is a resonable strategy. But the role as custodian of the project should only be taken on once the non-profit status is in place. - -- Russel. ============================================================================= Dr Russel Winder t: +44 20 7585 2200 voip: sip:[email protected] 41 Buckmaster Road m: +44 7770 465 077 xmpp: [email protected] London SW11 1EN, UK w: www.russel.org.uk skype: russel_winder -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iEYEARECAAYFAlQytl4ACgkQ+ooS3F10Be8htACfYFfli/FRSjLYPahifzxXoHLF OkUAn3hPn5zXjN9i3Cdaa7JaGSNgZfa8 =aK18 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
