> > Help is available from three groups: > 1) Software in the Public Interest > 2) Software Freedom Law Center > 3) the open source foundations mailing list > Thank you, I will put some work into that, researching those possibilities.
> For (3), let me know who in Fink is leading the NPO effort and I'll subscribe > you. > That would be me. Please feel free to use my email. > My suggestion is that you either join SPI or the SFLC conservancy until you > can raise some money. Then you can use that money to do a real > incorporation. The question for us is more about how to deal with the tax incurred through raising the money. We are quite sure that our quite exceptional members would use a donation button if we put one up. PayPal already gave us clearance for that. But we do not know how to declare this income in the tax forms of the person who will receive the funds. > I know from bitter personal experience that in addition to > the up-front cash and time, running a 501(c)3 in the US requires a member of > your project to spend 50 to 100 hours a year doing paperwork, plus board > meetings, etc. So it's not something you want to rush into. Thank you. I will do my best to look at the SPI and SFLC. We are all well aware of the time we will need to spend on paperwork and meetings and I am mnroe than happy to take up the paperwork part. Would you be willing to share more of your experience with us? > Oh, and for my part, I think fink is better than ever. > Thank you, encouraging words are always appreciated. -d -- Sent from gmail so do not trust this communication. Do not send me sensitive information here, ask for my none-gmail accounts. "Therefore the considerations of the intelligent always include both benefit and harm." - Sun Tzu ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Fink-devel mailing list Fink-devel@lists.sourceforge.net http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.devel
