On Mon, 19 Jan 2004, Shachar Shemesh wrote:
> I, for emotional reasons, would prefer that this bounty take place
> through Hamakor. However, if people feel uneasy about money control,
> this bounty can also take place through the Wine fund, with similar
> rules. Note, however, that the Wine fund is less likely to be time
> limited on the one hand, and is less law regulated on the other (as the
> Wine fund is not a legal entity, which Hamakor is). Also, the Wine fund
> is handled through PayPal, which means that there is some commission.
>
> On the plus side, I believe that going through the Wine fund is VAT
> free, which means more of the money is actual net money.
>
> Lastly - an appology. The question of whether it's ok to use this list
> for promoting monetary sponsorship of free software projects have never
> came up before, and I am thus setting a precedance here by action. If
> such emails are unacceptable, please let me know.
1. I, for one, would accept this kind of E-mail messages. A lot of
progress in the Free Software world came through corporate sponsorship
(including my own work on FriBidi).
BTW, I see myself doing such projects in the future, depending upon
interest and other commitments.
2. The bounty method is good for those projects, which interest
individuals but don't interest corporations.
3. I understand that Hamakor is not yet approved for the purpose of tax
credit on donations. How can we arrange that the money donated for the
proposed Shachar project to be either tax-deductible expense (for those
of us who run businesses) or donation qualified for tax credit?
--- Omer
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