2007/9/27, Richard A. Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > OK, let me clear a couple myths I have seen thus far: > > I just seen that Leo said "not accept any money but instead let the > sponsors > pay for the expenses directly to the providers." I can say this as a > business > owner, I am not going to pay your expenses w/o any cut back, and either > are > 99% of the other business. They want to donate the money. Why? Because > they > get it back in taxes at the end of the year.
Richard, I agree that it can be a problem in the US, but in our countries (at least where I live) there are no such laws as tax refunds for donating money to non profit organizations. I can mention our SFD event, for example, we managed to get a few sponsor that didn't give a single cent, but instead contributed with printing flyers, CDs, and other. PS: I also think that Fedora and SuSE are doing a great job marketing their distros.
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