Brandon W. Uhlman wrote:
FWIW, The Gentoo Foundation is one of the exemplars we would be
following if an Evergreen foundation were formed for the purposes of
owning the Evergreen software base. The Gentoo Foundation is
incorporated in the USA as a 501(c)(6) organization, not (c)(3).
A quick read around the Internet shows that there are lots of
differences, around taxation, and other things, between (c)(3) and
(c)(6). Hmmm. I'm sure there will be lots of interesting discussion as
or if this goes forward.
Anyhoo, I am not a lawyer, either. I'm not even an American. :)
~B
You're a North American. That counts for something. ;) Thanks for the
example ( http://www.gentoo.org/foundation/en/ ) -- I've plugged it into
Delicious, along with "Starting a Nonprofit Organization in Georgia" (
http://www.gcn.org/Services/PublicationsStartupPacket/StartingaNonprofitOrganizationinGeorgia.aspx
). The Gentoo Foundation has a really next explanation of WHY they took
this route. The "Principles" section is a nice one, too.
Karen G. Schneider
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