Is there an account for donations?

(Sorry, I couldn't follow the whole discussion. Maybe my question was
already answered.)




Am Mittwoch, den 22.06.2005, 13:48 +0300 schrieb Jukka Marin:
> On Wed, Jun 22, 2005 at 11:47:54AM +0200, Lars-Johan Liman wrote:
> > In addition to the Paypal discussions ...
> > 
> > In the discussion I see no traces of business efforts. I run a very
> > small (< 1 FTE ;-) company. I rely on NetBSD for mission critical
> > services. I would gladly contribute to the continuing development of
> > NetBSD, but the easiest way (by far!) for my company to do so is not
> > through "donations" but through regular invoices. My auditor would
> > have no problems what so ever with an invoice for 3 server licences
> > for a "strange" operating system (he knows I'm a geek ;-), or for 3
> > CDs with software - even if it's paid by credit card (as long as the
> > receiving part reported on the credit card statement is the same as
> > the one issuing the invoice), but a "donation" without accompanying
> > documents that motivate what the donation is _for_, is very hard to
> > get away with.
> > 
> > The alternative is that I, as a private person, donate. That would
> > have to be using taxed money, and in Sweden, that is a _SCARCE_
> > resource ... ;-) (Donations are not deductible in Sweden, and the tax
> > system is ... err ... don't get me going, nice and easy, ... let's
> > just say "complicated". ;-)
> 
> We have exactly the same problem in Finland.  We (as a small company)
> can NOT donate money to NetBSD foundation, but we could pay an invoice.
> 
>   -jm
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