On Nov 10, 2021, at 14:01, Perry E. Metzger wrote: > On 11/10/21 14:59, Ryan Schmidt wrote: >> On Nov 10, 2021, at 12:11, Perry E. Metzger wrote: >> >>> Should we turn on the GitHub Sponsors functionality for the project on >>> GitHub? >>> >>> It doesn't cost us anything to do it, and the money raised could be used to >>> do things like buying hardware for builds and such. >> MacPorts is not a legal organization so I don't see how it could accept >> donations. > > You don't need to be incorporated to accept money. Incorporation is only > necessary if you want to claim to be a nonprofit or if you worry that you > need limited liability. There's no legal obstacle to an unincorporated > association opening a bank account, and they do all the time.
These donations would be classified as somebody's income. Somebody would have to pay income taxes on them. Who?
