> I don't know if non-profit would help us here - people would have to pay > money to the non-profit entity, which would then hire someone (Alexander) > to do the work. Once money gets involved with an official organization, > the processes have to be very clear and very fair. We'd probably need to > move to a grant application process like what the FreeBSD Foundation does > now. > > We're fine with this informal volunteer process we have now, as a way to > move money between individuals. I've seen open source non-profits end up > with problems because money gets awarded to individual developers in a > not-too-clear way and other developers get hurt, emotionally and > financially.
I know what you mean, but being able to use such contributions for tax deductions would surely encourage more people to contribute. Petr
