On 17.11.2015 02:36, Aaron Wolf wrote: > > > On 11/16/2015 05:30 PM, Bryan Richter wrote: >> On Mon, Nov 16, 2015 at 07:43:46PM -0500, Stephen Michel wrote: >>>> >>> Does this also mean that should we decide to use the >>> "donation-to-us" mechanism, those donations would be 501(c)(3) >>> deductible? >> >> I don't think this affects that possibility, really. >> >> Right now, people can donate tax-deductible money to the OSI earmarked >> for us, and they will "support us" with that money as part of their >> own mission. (I'm not sure if that's an informal understanding or a >> formal arrangement.) > > It is a formal arrangement. We are a *formal* incubator project, and > they'll have some announcement soon and more updated wiki page on their > site about it all. >
It would be great to not appear to be a "product" of OSI or deriving from it. Having at least one other official tie when we get more publicity would be great. Maybe an official word from FSF, FSFE, April, EFF, or any other known entity is good enough. Aaron, it is really awesome that you stay in touch with lots of people. Thanks for keeping up with that part of the project. >> >> To somehow make patron contributions automatically be donations to the >> OSI, which then turn around and get sent to the projects according to >> our mechanism, is probably not something under consideration. >> >> > > The OSI partnership is specificalyl for our incubation / prototype / > pre-launch phase only. >
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