Who pays for all this?

[Russel Winder via Digitalmars-d]

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On 06/10/14 12:19, Joseph Rushton Wakeling via Digitalmars-d wrote:
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> By "foundation", do you mean "non-profit organization"?  Would it
> be any simpler as far as you are concerned to set up an
> organization without initially worrying about its non-profit
> status?

Indeed D Foundation would be a non-profit company.

The non-profit status is, I believe, somewhat important since without
it the organization is required to be driven by increasing shareholder
value, this is not entirely consistent with being holder of IP for a
FOSS project and handling donations from other organization (profit,
non-profit, or other). The legal issues are minor compared to the
marketing ones: donors want to know that their donations are going to
be used to move the projects forward not profit.

Obviously though creating a company and then going for non-profit
status is a resonable strategy. But the role as custodian of the
project should only be taken on once the non-profit status is in place.
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