Re: What if?

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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