Hello, all, Since Clojure has been selected as GSoC organisation, that got me thinking once again about how to deal with payments from Google, and the broader question supporting Clojure open source projects and the Clojure community.
In past years, there have numerous successful fundraisers to help fund Clojure-based open source projects or individuals within the community. So, it seems there may be enough support within the community to support some sort of non-profit organisation. The goal of this organisation would be to help promote the Clojure community and open source work within the community. There would be a few advantages to this sort of thing: 1. In the case where someone gets money on behalf of a project but isn't the final recipient, this person may face an income tax liability as a result. Having a non-profit org be the middleman would resolve this problem. 2. Having a 501(c)3 organisation might help incentivize donations, as they will be tax-deductible for U.S. persons. 3. While it's great to see Clojure become a key technology for a lot of businesses, and it's great that many of these companies contribute some of the work back to the community. Nonetheless, many important Clojure projects are hobbyists' work that don't otherwise get financial support. Some of the disadvantages of coming up with some sort of organisation icnlude: 1. It could detract from other grass-roots Clojure community efforts. 2. It will take time and volunteer effort to run. 3. It could get political. There are a couple of ways to set something up: 1. Set up a corporation that would apply for non-profit status. This is a huge hassle and has a bit of bureaucratic overhead, but would give the most flexibility. 2. Another option is to apply to become a member of something like the Software Freedom Conservancy or Software in the Public Interest. They provide legal services and non-profit status (amongst other things), in exchange for a cut of donations. In any case, I am interested in hearing other people's opinions. Would this be helpful to the broader Clojure community? What would the specific goals of such an org be? Who would be willing to help run this sort of thing? Sincerely, Daniel -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
