Russ Allbery <[email protected]> wrote: > Charles Plessy <[email protected]> writes: > > [...] but Debian could support companies started by its developers > > to make a living of their Debian-related activities, by contributing to > > their capital. [...] > > We can't do that with moneys collected in the United States under the > aegis of Software in the Public Interest. It would jeopardize the > non-profit status of SPI. Non-profit charities are not permitted to make > investments in for-profit businesses.
Are they permitted to make loans? There are some non-charities like Debian-UK holding debian funds which would not be restricted in that way, but I think it would be rather out of character for debian to take a position of supporting capitalism in this direct way. It would risks detaching the project from the users who appreciate it being neutral on many "off-topic" issues, as well as those who are politically opposed to the money trick. Is there really demand for investment from such a complicated project? Regards, -- MJR/slef My Opinion Only: see http://people.debian.org/~mjr/ Please follow http://www.uk.debian.org/MailingLists/#codeofconduct -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
