On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 5:59 PM, Karen Sandler <karen@...41...> wrote:

The Google reimbursements aren't income.

Understood.

That sounds fine. I actually proposed in #inkscape-devel that instead of a retroactive 10%, you just give us an amount that corresponds to a small annual donation. For example you've given OSUOSL $200 every year, so maybe you want to give us an amount that's equal to a retroactive $400 per year (or whatever you are comfortable with)? It would make for a nice public statement too :)

The donation approach sounds MUCH more palatable and appealing in fact. We do feel we owe you all, and we want to show our appreciation. We will let you know what we settle on, but I would say having language in the FSA to deal with it rather than it being on our honor is probably not the best approach.

Actually, this provision hasn't changed since the initial agreement I wrote back in 2006 :)

I'm not surprised. I probably also didn't scrutinize things as much the first time I read through it.

It's drafted so that the project has as much chance as possible to find another organization (Conservancy can only object if it's reasonable - for example, say Inkscape wants to transfer its assets to TagSoup - a proprietary software nonprofit). I don't think we can make this provision any looser without running afoul of our tax obligations - once assets are in a c3 charitable organization they can't just be transferred to anyone, since they are being held in the public's interest.

Thank you for the clarification. This put me more at ease personally, but there is kind of part of me that wants to ask is it possible to distill it down with a leading statement that says something to the effect of "For the protection of of SFC and the Project, if our relationship is to be terminated it needs to be inline with all related tax obligations and the public interest, which entails:"

I hope this helps.

It did, as always, thank you for your time and patience for those of use who are protective and somewhat concerned oldtimers with the project.

Cheers, Josh