Angelos, OSGeo is a US non profit 501(c)(4), not (c)(3). We can receive donations but they are not tax deductible.
Michael Smith OSGeo Treasurer > On Jan 20, 2021, at 4:27 AM, Angelos Tzotsos <gcpp.kal...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > OSGeo is an approved 501(c)(3) organization. > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/501(c)_organization#501.28c.29.284.29 > https://www.osgeo.org/about/ > > The only contact for (in kind) sponsorship was with Microsoft, and that did > not move forward because they needed another status (401). > > Regards, > Angelos > >> On 1/14/21 11:34 AM, Paul Harwood wrote: >> Just a quick question. >> >> Since the FAANGs were the question, do you know if OSGeo has been vetted >> and approved as a Foundation by any of the FAANGs? >> >> As I say, when I was involved on the other side for one, they had more than >> a 2 year lead time for that process (I don't know if that was universal or >> if they solved that problem). If the answer is yes, then that could be a >> way forward - and indeed in at least two of FAANGs that I know the >> employees have virtual "pots" of both money and time that they can donate >> to approved organisations to "give back" - so appealing to the grass >> roots could be a way forward. >> >> You might have to spin it as "promoting the value of Geo software to solve >> world problems" or some such - since as I say paying for free software is >> questionable legal territory. >> >>> On Thu, 14 Jan 2021 at 09:00, Angelos Tzotsos <gcpp.kal...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Perhaps we could ask some of these organizations to sponsor GDAL through >>> https://github.com/sponsors/OSGeo which is a recurring sponsorship ? >>> >>> Angelos >>> >>> >>>> On 1/14/21 12:58 AM, Howard Butler wrote: >>> >>>> On Jan 13, 2021, at 4:28 PM, Nyall Dawson <nyall.daw...@gmail.com> >>>> <nyall.daw...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> On Thu, 14 Jan 2021 at 06:24, David Strip <g...@stripfamily.net> >>>> <g...@stripfamily.net> wrote: >>> >>> What is the path forward? One path Howard suggests is establishing a >>> foundation similar to that behind Qgis. Another alternative, probably far >>> more controversial, is a license change. >>> >>> I'm pretty clueless regarding licenses -- but this is an interesting >>> thought. I wonder if any new drivers added to GDAL could be done with >>> a dual-licensing under both GPL + some other license which requires >>> ongoing sponsorship of the GDAL project? >>> >>> License monkey business isn't viable in any way with GDAL. It would just >>> create confusion and erode trust, which we can't get back if broken. >>> >>> The big organizations running 100,000,000s of CPU hours extracting >>> information from imagery they're reading in COGs with GDAL need to be >>> donating substantial resources into an organization that provides >>> coordination. The last time I did a fund raise with gdalbarn.com >>> <http://gdalbarn.com/> <http://gdalbarn.com/> I was called out for naming >>> some of these organizations and expressing my disappointment they couldn't >>> find a way to participate or simply ignored the request. Maybe they will >>> step forward this time around. >>> >>> Whether it is in a new foundation or an existing one like NumFocus, >>> substantial resources need to be dumped in a pot that are earmarked for >>> supporting work that generates value for the project. Chasing new feature >>> work to subsidize project maintenance activities is not sustainable in two >>> directions – burn out for the maintainer and creeping feature-itis for the >>> project. >>> >>> It's clear what's happened in the past is a combination of luck and >>> graciousness by both Frank and Even. >>> >>> Howard >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> gdal-dev mailing >>> listgdal-dev@lists.osgeo.orghttps://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/gdal-dev >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Angelos Tzotsos, PhD >>> President >>> Open Source Geospatial Foundationhttp://users.ntua.gr/tzotsos >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> gdal-dev mailing list >>> gdal-dev@lists.osgeo.org >>> https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/gdal-dev >>> > > > -- > Angelos Tzotsos, PhD > President > Open Source Geospatial Foundation > http://users.ntua.gr/tzotsos > > _______________________________________________ > gdal-dev mailing list > gdal-dev@lists.osgeo.org > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/gdal-dev _______________________________________________ gdal-dev mailing list gdal-dev@lists.osgeo.org https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/gdal-dev
