Could you educate us with some more details on that? A link to the specific 
legislation would be great. On a quick web search, I can see this:

http://www.njnonprofits.org/NPsCanLobby.html

which only talks about spending money on lobbying, implying that costless 
efforts (like having a banner on your website) are perfectly fine.

X

Michael Grube:
> I'm somewhat familiar with 501c3 rules. Ian's correct, it's not legal for
> the Freenet project to officially have a political agenda.
> 
> Tor project is probably also in violation.
> On Jun 25, 2016 2:57 PM, "Ximin Luo" <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> Ian Clarke:
>>> Even more seriously, it may put us in violation of US law because we are
>> a 501c3
>>> non-profit, which are restricted in the political and lobbying
>> activities they
>>> can participate in while claiming 501c3 status.
>>
>> I don't see the banner now, but I would just like to point out that the
>> Tor project is also a 501c3 non-profit and they are also protesting against
>> Rule 41.
>>
>> https://blog.torproject.org/blog/day-action-stop-changes-rule-41
>>
>> I don't know the specific restrictions about lobbying though, so it
>> *could* be the case that they're also in violation. But I think this is
>> less likely.
>>
>> X
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