Re: Free Software Maintenance Bazaar (was: Publicly funded software development)

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From: Jason Clifford
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 00:00

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On 17 Nov 1998, Christopher Browne wrote:

> - It handles knowing something about tax policies,

This is an interesting one. If I send Linus $100 because I think that
Linux is great and I just want to give him a sort of 'Thank you', it is a
gift and would normally be classed as such for tax purposes.

If one the other hand an organisation such as people are suggesting is
collecting and then paying out on the basis of reward for work then it is
no longer a gift but payment for a gift or service. 

This could become a nightmare for those developers who receive such money
as anyone who has ever had to deal with tax returns and the like knows.

Jason Clifford
Definite Linux Systems
http://definite.ukpost.com/

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From: Jason Clifford <jason@domgen.com>
Subject: Re: Free Software Maintenance Bazaar (was: Publicly funded software development)
Date: 1998/11/17
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