Thanks for the Mac Intel version. I sent you a monetary thank you through Sourceforge. It looks like it went through, but I would like confirmation that you can access it. Paypal didn't list it as going to Inkscape specifically unlike the Gimp project does when you send money to Gnome for Gimp. It does list me on the page of contributors to Inkscape under benhuot.
On Wed, Jun 21, 2006 at 11:01:26AM -0700, Benjamin Huot wrote:
Thanks for the Mac Intel version. I sent you a monetary thank you through Sourceforge. It looks like it went through, but I would like confirmation that you can access it. Paypal didn't list it as going to Inkscape specifically unlike the Gimp project does when you send money to Gnome for Gimp. It does list me on the page of contributors to Inkscape under benhuot.
I think it takes a day or two for donations to go through, and I see you listed on the http://sf.net/projects/inkscape/ page so all is probably good.
For the record, here are the donations we've received since we set up the account:
Jun. 1, 2006 $18.06 USD Jun. 1, 2006 $8.38 USD May 23, 2006 $8.38 USD Mar. 27, 2006 $3.54 USD Mar. 3, 2006 $18.06 USD Feb. 27, 2006 $3.59 USD Feb. 18, 2006 $2000.00 USD Transfer From Bank Account (Google SOC) Feb. 13, 2006 $8.48 USD Feb. 13, 2006 $18.26 USD Feb. 8, 2006 $3.59 USD Jan. 2, 2006 $18.06 USD Jan. 2, 2006 $8.38 USD Nov. 17, 2005 $3.54 USD Oct. 20, 2005 $3.59 USD Sep. 23, 2005 $8.48 USD Aug. 29, 2005 $8.38 USD Jul. 4, 2005 $18.06 USD Jun. 7, 2005 $354.52 USD From Bryce Harrington + anonymous ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Total:
Note that the odd numbers are due to paypal and sourceforge taking cuts. SourceForge takes $1.00 per donation, and PayPal takes a percentage. So generally just add $1 and round up to figure out what the original donation amount was.
Hopefully everyone that's made a donation (thank you!!) can spot the corresponding entry in the above list. If not, and it's been more than a few days, you may want to contact SourceForge about it. I'd expect this to be highly unusual though...
Also, I just received word today from the Software Freedom Conservancy (http://conservancy.softwarefreedom.org/) that they have accepted Inkscape's application to join them.
This means that once the paperwork is done, donations to Inkscape will henceforth be tax-deductable, and Inkscape will exist as a legal, non-profit entity. More info about this is available here:
http://conservancy.softwarefreedom.org/?overview
Bryce
On Wed, 21 Jun 2006, Bryce Harrington wrote:
Also, I just received word today from the Software Freedom Conservancy (http://conservancy.softwarefreedom.org/) that they have accepted Inkscape's application to join them.
This means that once the paperwork is done, donations to Inkscape will henceforth be tax-deductable, and Inkscape will exist as a legal, non-profit entity. More info about this is available here:
That's great. I had kinda looked into doing this on our own, and it was well, more difficult than I wanted.
BTW:
"The Software Freedom Conservancy is in the process of applying for tax-exempt status, which would apply retroactively to donations made before that status is conferred. Donations made today are not tax deductible, but upon receipt of tax-exempt status they would retroactively become deductable."
So, don't count on tax deductions right away.
Also, from my understanding (talk to your tax advisor) you should be able to deduct travel that is directly associated with helping a non-profit on your US taxes. So, if you want to the Libre Graphics conference for the purpose of working on Inkscape, you could deduct the expenses. Again, check with your tax advisor.
When this goes through, I think we should look into trademarking the name and logo. Would they also become the holder of the domain name? I worry about Mental getting hit by a bus, and he won't move to the middle of the desert ;)
--Ted
On Wed, Jun 21, 2006 at 03:40:30PM -0500, Ted Gould wrote:
On Wed, 21 Jun 2006, Bryce Harrington wrote:
Also, I just received word today from the Software Freedom Conservancy (http://conservancy.softwarefreedom.org/) that they have accepted Inkscape's application to join them.
This means that once the paperwork is done, donations to Inkscape will henceforth be tax-deductable, and Inkscape will exist as a legal, non-profit entity. More info about this is available here:
That's great. I had kinda looked into doing this on our own, and it was well, more difficult than I wanted.
BTW:
"The Software Freedom Conservancy is in the process of applying for tax-exempt status, which would apply retroactively to donations made before that status is conferred. Donations made today are not tax deductible, but upon receipt of tax-exempt status they would retroactively become deductable."
So, don't count on tax deductions right away.
That page may be out of date; many of the rules relate to avoiding things that would jeopardize the tax exempt status, so I'm assuming this is either in place or soon shall be.
Also, from my understanding (talk to your tax advisor) you should be able to deduct travel that is directly associated with helping a non-profit on your US taxes. So, if you want to the Libre Graphics conference for the purpose of working on Inkscape, you could deduct the expenses. Again, check with your tax advisor.
Thanks, good call. I wonder of hotel expenses would qualify as well?
When this goes through, I think we should look into trademarking the name and logo. Would they also become the holder of the domain name? I worry about Mental getting hit by a bus, and he won't move to the middle of the desert ;)
It sounds like they can do these things, as well as also holding copyright assignments if we want to (so we could list files as copyrighted by Inkscape). It sounds like we can arrange these things later once the basics are in place, so we've got plenty of time to discuss how we want to make use of this.
Bryce
On Wed, 21 Jun 2006 14:22:12 -0700 Bryce Harrington <bryce@...983...> wrote:
On Wed, Jun 21, 2006 at 03:40:30PM -0500, Ted Gould wrote:
On Wed, 21 Jun 2006, Bryce Harrington wrote:
Also, I just received word today from the Software Freedom Conservancy (http://conservancy.softwarefreedom.org/) that they have accepted Inkscape's application to join them.
This means that once the paperwork is done, donations to Inkscape will henceforth be tax-deductable, and Inkscape will exist as a legal, non-profit entity. More info about this is available here:
That's great. I had kinda looked into doing this on our own, and it was well, more difficult than I wanted.
BTW:
"The Software Freedom Conservancy is in the process of applying for tax-exempt status, which would apply retroactively to donations made before that status is conferred. Donations made today are not tax deductible, but upon receipt of tax-exempt status they would retroactively become deductable."
So, don't count on tax deductions right away.
That page may be out of date; many of the rules relate to avoiding things that would jeopardize the tax exempt status, so I'm assuming this is either in place or soon shall be.
Also, from my understanding (talk to your tax advisor) you should be able to deduct travel that is directly associated with helping a non-profit on your US taxes. So, if you want to the Libre Graphics conference for the purpose of working on Inkscape, you could deduct the expenses. Again, check with your tax advisor.
Thanks, good call. I wonder of hotel expenses would qualify as well?
When this goes through, I think we should look into trademarking the name and logo. Would they also become the holder of the domain name? I worry about Mental getting hit by a bus, and he won't move to the middle of the desert ;)
It sounds like they can do these things, as well as also holding copyright assignments if we want to (so we could list files as copyrighted by Inkscape). It sounds like we can arrange these things later once the basics are in place, so we've got plenty of time to discuss how we want to make use of this.
Bryce
All really good news.
... Reminder to self: absolutely MUST dip hand in pocket soon!
On Wed, 21 Jun 2006, Ted Gould wrote:
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 15:40:30 -0500 (EST) From: Ted Gould <ted@...10...> Reply-To: Inkscape User Community inkscape-user@lists.sourceforge.net To: Bryce Harrington <bryce@...983...> Cc: inkscape-devel@...84..., Inkscape User Community inkscape-user@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Inkscape-user] [Inkscape-devel] did you get donation?
On Wed, 21 Jun 2006, Bryce Harrington wrote:
Also, I just received word today from the Software Freedom Conservancy (http://conservancy.softwarefreedom.org/) that they have accepted Inkscape's application to join them.
This means that once the paperwork is done, donations to Inkscape will henceforth be tax-deductable, and Inkscape will exist as a legal, non-profit entity. More info about this is available here:
That's great. I had kinda looked into doing this on our own, and it was well, more difficult than I wanted.
In case anyone is interested The GNU Image Manipulation Program investigated setting up as their own non-profit but in the end did some thing similar to this Conversevancy group through the GNOME Foundation. This group does seem well setup to take donations for lots of smaller subgroups and I dont think the Foundation is actively looking to manage finance for lots and lots of smaller subgroups. I see Wine is already signed up and all it all looks fairly good.
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