I was thinking more along the lines of something like this: I suggest that a free software organization of some sort produce some sort of software. I donate the money necessary to fund the development of said software.
I benefit from the donation, but so does everyone else. Perhaps there is no such organization currently in place. AJ ONeal On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 11:55 PM, Ben Finney < [email protected] <bignose%[email protected]>>wrote: > AJ ONeal <[email protected]> writes: > > > Let's say that I would like pay someone to Open Source a closed-source > > library or pay someone to develop an Open Source library and I'd also > > like to be able to claim that on my taxes as a charitable > > contribution. > > In general, a state will grant tax breaks for donations only if the > recipient is a charitable organisation registered as such with that > specific state. > > You would need to look into the available registered charities in your > state. Which ones do you have that could accept your donation for this > purpose? > > -- > \ “Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does | > `\ knowledge.” —Charles Darwin, _The Descent of Man_, 1871 | > _o__) | > Ben Finney > > _______________________________________________ > Spi-general mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.spi-inc.org/listinfo/spi-general >
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