From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 23 06:49:23 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD22F16A4CE for ; Thu, 23 Dec 2004 06:49:23 +0000 (GMT) Received: from cromagnon.cullmail.com (cromagnon.cullmail.com [67.33.58.202]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 63DBE43D48 for ; Thu, 23 Dec 2004 06:49:23 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jamoore@cromagnon.cullmail.com) Received: from cromagnon.cullmail.com (localhost.cullmail.com [127.0.0.1]) iBN6kexY059933; Thu, 23 Dec 2004 00:46:40 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from jamoore@cromagnon.cullmail.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [[UNIX: localhost]]) by cromagnon.cullmail.com (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id iBN6kdAt059932; Thu, 23 Dec 2004 00:46:39 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from jamoore) From: Jay Moore To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Troy Mills Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 00:46:39 -0600 User-Agent: KMail/1.6.1 References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200412230046.39559.jaymo@cromagnon.cullmail.com> Subject: Re: The FreeBSD Foundation X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: jaymo@cromagnon.cullmail.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 06:49:23 -0000 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