| From: | "Jim C(dot) Nasby" <jnasby(at)pervasive(dot)com> |
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| To: | Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com> |
| Cc: | pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org, "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)postgresql(dot)org>, "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, nhrcommu(at)rochester(dot)rr(dot)com |
| Subject: | Re: What if? |
| Date: | 2006-03-01 00:38:01 |
| Message-ID: | 20060301003801.GN82012@pervasive.com |
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On Tue, Feb 28, 2006 at 04:31:20PM -0800, Josh Berkus wrote:
> Jim,
>
> > BTW, I bet we'd get a LOT more $$ if people could donate towards the
> > development of specific TODO items. Of course the issue there is that
> > most folks capable of working on TODO items have more consulting
> > business than they know what to do with...
>
> That's actually a potential legal issue. Since the PostgreSQL Fund is part
> of a 501(c)3, it's currently unclear if that kind of sponsored development
> is legal.
>
> currently unclear == I asked 3 attorneys and one IRS agent and got 5
> different opinions.
Sure... I know how tricky 501(c)3 is, having seen some of the process
distributed.net went through to get it's status. But, there's plenty of
folks who probably don't care a wit about the deduction. Of course, this
does mean having two means of donating, but it could be well worth it.
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Jim C. Nasby, Sr. Engineering Consultant jnasby(at)pervasive(dot)com
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