Re: [Spi-private] Re: money handling

From: Bruce Perens <bruce(at)perens(dot)com>
To: Josh Berkus <josh(at)postgresql(dot)org>
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 16:32:43
Message-ID: 44BBBBAB.2040406@perens.com
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Josh Berkus wrote:
> 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.
The relationship between the non-profit project and the commercial
companies involved in it can be problematical. You can't carry out
activities using non-profit funds whose main purpose is to facilitate
their business.

Thanks

Bruce

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