On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 06:42:46PM +0100, MJ Ray wrote: > Russ Allbery <r...@debian.org> wrote: > > Charles Plessy <ple...@debian.org> writes: > > > [...] but Debian could support companies started by its developers > > > to make a living of their Debian-related activities, by contributing to > > > their capital. [...] > > > > We can't do that with moneys collected in the United States under the > > aegis of Software in the Public Interest. It would jeopardize the > > non-profit status of SPI. Non-profit charities are not permitted to make > > investments in for-profit businesses. > > Are they permitted to make loans? > > There are some non-charities like Debian-UK holding debian funds which > would not be restricted in that way, but I think it would be rather > out of character for debian to take a position of supporting > capitalism in this direct way.
For reference, Charities in the UK can also invest in profit making entities, and indeed own them outright. Neil -- <Tolimar> "Debian women - porting the most succesfull operating system to the most unknown architecture" -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-project-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org