Re: [liberationtech] Am I the only one who feels tricked by the Kickstarter campaign thinking that BRCK will be non-profit?

On Thu, Sep 18, 2014, at 00:35, Mitar wrote: > Hi! > > On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 8:08 PM, Juan Batiz-Benet wrote: > > Thank you Richard. Very well put. I wish more people understood things so > > clearly. Many very smart people somehow believe tax status distinguishes > > Good from Evil, completely

Re: [liberationtech] Am I the only one who feels tricked by the Kickstarter campaign thinking that BRCK will be non-profit?

Hi! An addendum: They also reached to me and we talked over Skype about this issue. I really think that they are doing a great job and have many more problems than companies in Bay Area. Raising money for them as a company from Africa is really hard and they have hard time getting investments. Get

Re: [liberationtech] Am I the only one who feels tricked by the Kickstarter campaign thinking that BRCK will be non-profit?

Hi! On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 8:08 PM, Juan Batiz-Benet wrote: > Thank you Richard. Very well put. I wish more people understood things so > clearly. Many very smart people somehow believe tax status distinguishes > Good from Evil, completely ignoring a wealth of counter examples. Some of > the mos

Re: [liberationtech] Am I the only one who feels tricked by the Kickstarter campaign thinking that BRCK will be non-profit?

Thank you Richard. Very well put. I wish more people understood things so clearly. Many very smart people somehow believe tax status distinguishes Good from Evil, completely ignoring a wealth of counter examples. Some of the most glaring: SpaceX and MPAA. Foundations in particular have really

Re: [liberationtech] Am I the only one who feels tricked by the Kickstarter campaign thinking that BRCK will be non-profit?

No, I don't. Most people don't realize that: a) nonprofit = Not-*for*-profit corporation b) It is a tax status, not a organizational structure. c) It is really, really hard to scale not-for-profit hardware (particularly vs. software, which isn't easy, either) The mission of an entity is more imp

Re: [liberationtech] Am I the only one who feels tricked by the Kickstarter campaign thinking that BRCK will be non-profit?

I don't know if anyone else feels misled but you're being a bit of a jerk in the forum posts to which you link. Try being polite to them and having an actual conversation, not just a rant directed at them. -- Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guide

[liberationtech] Am I the only one who feels tricked by the Kickstarter campaign thinking that BRCK will be non-profit?

Hi! Now that I received a BRCK, I discovered that it is made by Brck inc., a for-profit company. Am I the only one who feels tricked by Kickstarter campaign thinking that BRCK will be non-profit? If I cite from from the campaign: > Who are we? > Ushahidi, is a non-profit technology company that b