On 17/09/15 17:10, William Stein wrote:
On Thu, Sep 17, 2015 at 1:04 PM, kcrisman <kcris...@gmail.com> wrote:
it would be useful to revive the discussion of a
true SageMath Foundation, separate from SMCI of course, whether
incorporated
in the US or Europe (or elsewhere), but it sounds like there wasn't
currently enough interest in helping with the substantial paperwork
involved
in this as of yet. But if this existed it might help support some of
the
other Sage infrastructure needs, beyond the *.math.washington.edu
resources
this thread was supposed to be about :)
Such a foundation isn't going to happen any time soon, at least not
with me the one doing it. I talked extensively with a partner at
Fenwick & West, and was advised that it is currently basically
impossible for an "Open Source Software Not for profit" to get 501c3
status these days in the US. The IRS used to look favorably on such
Wow, that is really depressing. It would be interesting to poll various
US-based OSS organizations that have such foundations (if any exist) to see
how long ago they got such status. Certainly being on a mailing list for UW
is preferable to no option for donating at all!
You should be able to get removed from that list -- and I will try to
make it so they remove everybody that was added due to donating to
Sage Foundation.
Sorry for the naive question: why such fondation needs to be based in US?
Vincent
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