On Wednesday 22 December 2004 11:02 am, Troy Mills wrote: > > As some of you may or may not know the FreeBSD Foundation supports the > FreeBSD developers financially via funds mainly from donations from > the public. Anyway there is a IRS "1/3rd test" for "public support" > and the current foundation ratio that is a little out of whack due to > a few generous people donating large sums of money. I have no idea > what will happen if they cannot remain a public charity but I'm sure > the affects wont be positive as they clearly stated that it is in > there interest to remain a public charity. > > I'm in no position to be shelling out lots of money right now but I'm > going to do my part and I would hope that some of you chip in as well. > from my understanding they need a larger number of people donating a > smaller amount to correct the ratio.
QUESTION: Do sales of the FreeBSD CDs support the project? And if so, now? I thought I _was_ supporting the project through my CD subscription... I was not aware of the FreeBSD Foundation (thanks for the enlightenment), but financial support for software developers of any kind seems a bit of a stretch for a "charity". Perhaps I'm just not in tune with the legal definition of a charity. Jay _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
