Since OSCHA is an internationl body we can register siultaneously, and
choose the base to be anywhere.
Is the incorporation in Malaysia going to be doing business or just
representing FOSS industry interests? Depending on the answer to that
here are our choices here in the U.S. that I can pursue now:
Trade association — Definition.
trade associations don't "do business" but exist to exert
influence on a market. This seems to me the best fit for OSCHA
if the organization does not intend to own things like
copyrighted software. Gets around the international
intellectual property issues on software for OSCHA
as well.
"Trade association," as that term is used here
means a membership organization of persons engaging in a similar
or related line of commerce, organized to promote and improve
business conditions in that line of commerce and not to engage
in a regular business of a kind ordinarily carried on for profit
and for which no part of net earnings inures to the benefit of
any member.
Non-Profit Corporation - Definition.
Non-Profit Corporations conduct business (e.g. provide products
and services) and can also have an influencing effect.
A nonprofit corporation is an organization formed as a
corporation for purposes other than generating a profit, and in
which no part of the organization's income is distributed to its
directors or officers. Nonprofits are formed pursuant to state
law, often under the Revised Model Non-Profit Corporation Act
(1986). A nonprofit can be a church or church association,
school, charity, medical provider, legal aid society, volunteer
service organization, professional association, research
institute, museum, or in some cases a sports association. Being
formed with the state as a nonprofit corporation does not
automatically provide an organization with tax-exempt status.
Nonprofits must apply for tax-exempt status at the federal and
sometimes at the state level.
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