Re: [Spi-private] Re: money handling

From: Josh Berkus <josh(at)postgresql(dot)org>
To: "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
Cc: Russ Nelson <nelson(at)crynwr(dot)com>, spi-private(at)lists(dot)spi-inc(dot)org, spi-general(at)lists(dot)spi-inc(dot)org
Subject: Re: [Spi-private] Re: money handling
Date: 2006-07-17 16:22:38
Message-ID: 44BBB94E.3000508@postgresql.org
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Josh,

> So you are saying that if we take 5k in donations for postgresql and
> then postgresql doesn't something that SPI doesn't like, SPI could
> freeze that 5k? In theory?

In theory, yes. In practice, that would amount only to witholding
funds which were requested for something not allowed to 501(c)3s. I
personally can't imagine the PostgreSQL project requesting anything that
wasn't "software in the public interest" related.

--Josh

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