On 27/06/07, Joerg Schilling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
"Justin Erenkrantz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 6/25/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I would be very much in favour of seeing OpenSolaris become a
> > 501(c)(3) entity. In fact, I think it is essential that OpenSoalris
> > does so, otherwise OpenSolaris is not exactly attractive for
> > people/companies to donate anything towards in the USA.
>
> There's a *lot* of legwork involved with becoming a non-profit - be it
> a 501(c)3 like Apache or a 501(c)6 like Eclipse. To qualify as a
Without explaining these numbers, this looks like an insider discussion that
is not understood by most people in this group.
Joerg, these are not "insider numbers." These numbers refer to US
legal information.
Look here for more information:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/501(c)
--
Shawn Walker, Software and Systems Analyst
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"Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not
tried it. " --Donald Knuth
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