Here in Spain (at least) charital actions can aleviate the natural weight of taxes.
What I mean is... if the LFS Foundation could serve a purpose for the community, but with a more wider perspective, maybe in your area that could count as a basis for not having to pay all the applicable taxes, like... serving as a point for people to introduce into linux, although that could mean the need to offer a pre-compiled CD/DVD targeted for the majority of systems, directing users to the book for those who want a more powerful & optimized system (and when I mean community services, I mean something like trying to distribute LFS into schools or small businesses or just like a give-away event, but I have to order some of my thoughts to make this sound more logical) Julio ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gerard Beekmans" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "LFS Developers Mailinglist" <lfs-dev@linuxfromscratch.org> Sent: Monday, May 19, 2008 5:39 PM Subject: Re: Future of LFS > >> F.W.I.W. A Not-For Profit cost here in BC comes to around $500. >> I have been a member of a couple of them, founding member of one. >> >> > The costs are similar here in Alberta from the sounds of it. An Alberta > registered numbered company is relatively cheap. The annual renewal fee > is in the order of $25. If we want a registered name (ie LFS Foundation > rather than a series of numbers), it'll be more money - a name search > needs to be initiated to make sure there's no copyright and trademark > violation due to a too similar name, etc, etc. > > Then there's overhead costs as well - yearly audits, taxes, etc. These > can range from $500 a year to a few thousand a year depending on the > requirements imposed (finding the right lawyer and accountant isn't > necessarily cheap). > > These costs are prohibitive. LFS as it currently stands doesn't make > enough money. Of course it's never been our focus to make money other > than to try and break even on the colocation bill. But this becomes more > of a requirement if we go this route. > > It'll be a discussion for the near future. It's not the highest priority > item on our list yet. > > Gerard > -- > http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev > FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ > Unsubscribe: See the above information page -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
