[drupal-devel] Drupal foundation / non-profit

[David Norman]

Boris Mann wrote:
> Some devil's advocate questions:
> How much does non-profit / tax deduction matter? Does it *have* to be 
> a non-profit? There are tax-write offs, and then there are business 
> write offs.
I'd say if you're going to forfeit profits, go all the way and get the
IRS recognition paperwork filed for the USA's entity. If you want to
play devil's advocate, I think a better question might be to ask whether
the Drupal entity should be run for-profit. Developers are a large part
students right now, but at some point they're going to need regular
income that a for-profit unit could theoretically provide.

[switch out of devil's advocate mode] That's not to say Drupal couldn't
have tax-exempt, non-profit and for-profit entities.