On Saturday 20 January 2007 11:19, Darrin Chandler wrote: > On Sat, Jan 20, 2007 at 11:01:36AM -0800, J.C. Roberts wrote: > > As for the irony of accepting grants from non-profits while > > refusing to create a non-profit for the project due to political > > beliefs, well, you best not point out the inconsistency... > > There's no inconsistency there, really. Recieving a monetary gift > doesn't change whether you get it from a non-profit or not, does it?
As I previously said, there are two camps with opposing political views. One camp believes non-profits are a good thing because it gives people the freedom to choose where their taxes gets spent. The other camp believes the tax exemptions given to non-profits (and their donors) is damaging to government revenues an prevents important social programs like public health care. The reason why a non-profit organization for OpenBSD has never been created is because Theo does not want one. He is in the latter camp and doesn't want a vehicle for tax avoidance with his name or the projects name associated with it. -As he once told me privately, he would rather see people get proper health care. Since the grant money given to OpenBSD by Mozilla still came from a non-profit, the taxation status of those funds is both ironic and inconsistent when you know the reason why there is no "OpenBSD Foundation." A non-profit with the name "OpenBSD" is really no different than a non-profit with the name "Mozilla" when it comes to the issue of tax breaks. Is it a big deal? -of course not! But if you're trying to be fair minded and look at all sides, you need to accept the inconsistencies as well. Kind Regards, JCR
