Actually, they're pretty similar. Don't forget that Google and Sergey Brin's foundation are major income sources.
On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 1:56 PM, Philippe Beaudette <phili...@wikimedia.org>wrote: > You trust GOOGLE's interests to align sufficiently with ours, to the > extent that you're willing to cede government affairs to them? > > pb > > On Sun Jan 22 12:48:50 2012, geni wrote: > > On 22 January 2012 18:00, Gwern Branwen <gwe...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 12:33 PM, Pedro Sanchez <pdsanc...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >>> > >>> I'm worried that we may be getting in trouble. > >>> I don't know about US laws, but are charitable organizations allowed > >>> to meddle in political lobbying? > >>> > >>> I'd appreciate if more knowledgeable people could give us some light. > >> > >> It's perfectly allowed, and we're allowed to take positions on > >> specific bills - it is just that lobbying cannot be a 'substantial > >> part' of the WMF's activities unless it switches its charity type. > >> (Googling around, I was reading > >> > http://www.asaecenter.org/Resources/whitepaperdetail.cfm?ItemNumber=12202 > >> and http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-tege/eotopicp97.pdf ) > >> > > > > What is highly questionable is if it a remotely worthwhile use of > > money. If Google's lobbyists can't impact SOPA and the like what makes > > the foundation think our can? > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l