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dberkholz Developer


Joined: 18 Mar 2003 Posts: 959 Location: Corvallis, OR, USA
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Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 2:36 am Post subject: [NEWS] Foundation officially reinstated by New Mexico |
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This forums thread is for discussion of the www.gentoo.org posting, "Foundation officially reinstated by New Mexico." Post your comments and suggestions here. | Quote: |
If you're interested in the legal standing of Gentoo, you can relax because in the past week, the State of New Mexico declared that the Gentoo Foundation Inc has returned to good standing and is free to do business. This accomplishment allows other aspects of the foundation's work to proceed again. The foundation takes care of Gentoo's intellectual property (copyrights, trademarks) and money. It ensures that nobody violates our copyrights and trademarks, serves as a place to hold money, and decides where to devote that money.
Thanks to everyone involved with returning Gentoo to good legal standing, and thanks to our community for your patience! |
_________________ Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
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Hypnos Veteran


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Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 3:35 am Post subject: |
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Thank you for taking care of this un-fun, but necessary, aspect of Gentoo. _________________ Compaq Presario 2800T (aka Evo n800) - laptop from 2002 |
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Dagger l33t


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mr_squall n00b

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Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 5:59 am Post subject: |
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| its cool! but when you're finish building release 2008.0? |
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Kreuzader n00b

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Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 7:12 am Post subject: |
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Januszzz Apprentice

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Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 7:38 am Post subject: |
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bmichaelsen Veteran


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L4in n00b


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Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 9:24 am Post subject: |
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oh great all problems that we were flaming about the last period solved now =D
i'm sooo pleased ;D
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scrappy n00b

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Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 1:47 pm Post subject: |
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| Is the Gentoo Foundation a not-for-profit? Are donations made via that Paypal link tax deductible? |
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NeddySeagoon Administrator


Joined: 05 Jul 2003 Posts: 19675 Location: 56N 3W
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Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 1:52 pm Post subject: |
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scrappy,
The foundation is not yet registered with the IRS. Thats on our (trustees) todo list.
As I'm not a US citizen, I'm not sure if that matters for the tax deductible status or not.
Feel free to email trustees at gentoo dot org for a more complete answer. _________________ Regards,
NeddySeagoon
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those that do backups
those that have never had a hard drive fail. |
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dberkholz Developer


Joined: 18 Mar 2003 Posts: 959 Location: Corvallis, OR, USA
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Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 3:03 pm Post subject: |
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| scrappy wrote: | | Is the Gentoo Foundation a not-for-profit? Are donations made via that Paypal link tax deductible? |
No, it's set up as a 501(c)(6) rather than a 501(c)(3) so donations are not tax-deductible. _________________ Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
What goes around comes around.
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MannyNix n00b


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iplayfast Guru


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QSPhoenix n00b


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Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 7:45 pm Post subject: |
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Ah nice, It took a little bit but those are good news. Thank you!
| mr_squall wrote: | | its cool! but when you're finish building release 2008.0? |
How about when is ready...?  _________________ La Gente Inteligente, Habla de Ideas; La Gente Comun, Habla de Cosas; La Gente Mediocre , Habla de la gente.
Intelligent People, talks about ideas; Common People, talks about stuff, Mediocre People, talks about people. |
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issiah n00b

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Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 9:29 pm Post subject: keepin on.. |
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thanks for keeping it real and free... because without freedom of choice, what other choice do we have to be free! basic nature of life but inside your box. _________________ hfaaa488% |
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valkyrite Apprentice

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Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 10:59 pm Post subject: |
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Congratulations to the newly elected trustees and other involved.
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energyman76b Veteran


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Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 1:08 am Post subject: |
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| dberkholz wrote: | | scrappy wrote: | | Is the Gentoo Foundation a not-for-profit? Are donations made via that Paypal link tax deductible? |
No, it's set up as a 501(c)(6) rather than a 501(c)(3) so donations are not tax-deductible. |
why 6 and not 3? _________________ Gentoo: we are clean and entertain the seamen!
pkgcore: because no support thread is better than 4.
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arnvidr Apprentice


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Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 1:42 am Post subject: |
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| mr_squall wrote: | | its cool! but when you're finish building release 2008.0? | *smack* _________________ No signature |
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dberkholz Developer


Joined: 18 Mar 2003 Posts: 959 Location: Corvallis, OR, USA
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Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 2:51 am Post subject: |
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| energyman76b wrote: | | dberkholz wrote: | | scrappy wrote: | | Is the Gentoo Foundation a not-for-profit? Are donations made via that Paypal link tax deductible? |
No, it's set up as a 501(c)(6) rather than a 501(c)(3) so donations are not tax-deductible. |
why 6 and not 3? |
The c6 gives you more ability to restrict membership, and there was some paranoia at the time about being taken over by Microsoft employees or something silly. The c6 also has more flexibility in our ability to receive extremely large donations from a single entity that could make up a significant fraction of our income, whereas a c3 requires you to have a more well-rounded donation income. _________________ Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
What goes around comes around.
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Havin_it Guru

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Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 4:47 am Post subject: |
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| dberkholz wrote: | | The c6 gives you more ability to restrict membership, and there was some paranoia at the time about being taken over by Microsoft employees or something silly. |
I thought drobbins wasn't working for them any more?
</joke>
Seriously now, as a community member it's good to see you starting to make the much-needed commitment to the less sexy but equally relevant tasks of leadership. More power to ya! |
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Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 6:43 am Post subject: |
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energyman76b Veteran


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Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 1:28 pm Post subject: |
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| dberkholz wrote: | | energyman76b wrote: | | dberkholz wrote: | | scrappy wrote: | | Is the Gentoo Foundation a not-for-profit? Are donations made via that Paypal link tax deductible? |
No, it's set up as a 501(c)(6) rather than a 501(c)(3) so donations are not tax-deductible. |
why 6 and not 3? |
The c6 gives you more ability to restrict membership, and there was some paranoia at the time about being taken over by Microsoft employees or something silly. The c6 also has more flexibility in our ability to receive extremely large donations from a single entity that could make up a significant fraction of our income, whereas a c3 requires you to have a more well-rounded donation income. |
ah, thanks for the explaination. _________________ Gentoo: we are clean and entertain the seamen!
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rambam Tux's lil' helper

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Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 11:31 pm Post subject: |
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More fuel for the eternal flame fests...
Meanwhile portage rots and gentoo dies of bit rot and developer apathy. _________________ The soul, when accustomed to superfluous things, acquires a strong habit of desiring things. This desire is without limit, while things which are necessary are few in number. |
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i92guboj Moderator


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Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 2:41 am Post subject: |
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| rambam wrote: | | More fuel for the eternal flame fests... |
And if that's all that you are trying to do on this thread, I kindly ask you to leave.
| Quote: | | Meanwhile portage rots and gentoo dies of bit rot and developer apathy. |
If you have a problem with portage, feel free to open as many threads as you want/need on the relevant sections of the forums. If you want to discuss (and I mean "to discuss", and not "to troll") about the current state of portage, then open a new thread about it on gentoo chat (or in the portage section if you are going to discuss in a technical manner).
Please, keep this thread clean since your post is not related to the topic of the thread. You don't need to answer my post. Let's stop the noise here, please. _________________ Formerly known as 6thpink.
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acevery n00b

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Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 3:19 am Post subject: |
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Great!
Thank you! |
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