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Gentoo Officially Not-For-Profit

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the call-jerry-lewis dept.

iswm writes "The paperwork for the Gentoo Not-For-Profit entity was approved by the State of New Mexico today. This means that as of today, the Gentoo Foundation is an official Not-For-Profit Corporation in the United States. The process of becoming a Federally-recognized not-for-profit entity, which will take about six months for approval, can now begin."

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  1. The real question is.... by coolfrood · · Score: 1, Funny

    ...how long will it take to compile the documentation to make Gentoo a not-for-profit organization?

    1. Re:The real question is.... by millahtime · · Score: 1, Funny

      ...how long will it take to compile the documentation to make Gentoo a not-for-profit organization?

      Your Answer:

      The process of becoming a Federally-recognized not-for-profit entity, which will take about six months for approval, can now begin

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    2. Re:The real question is.... by Nakkel · · Score: 5, Funny

      Didnt take too long for the answer to emerge.

    3. Re:The real question is.... by EvilTwinSkippy · · Score: 2, Funny

      emerge --deep 501c

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  2. Great! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    The process of becoming a Federally-recognized not-for-profit entity, which will take about six months for approval, can now begin.

    By the time my current compile finishes, Gentoo will be a Federally-recognized not-for-profit. Woohoo!

    1. Re:Great! by chegosaurus · · Score: 2, Funny

      Repeat until funny.

  3. Linux is not for profits? by Realistic_Dragon · · Score: 5, Funny

    Then how do they square the fact that it's used by Linus, Robbins, Stalman and all those other agents of God eh?

    Will the government remove their not for prophet status if they discover how deep the OSS religion goes?

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    1. Re:Linux is not for profits? by no+longer+myself · · Score: 2, Funny
      Will the government remove their not for prophet status if they discover how deep the OSS religion goes?

      Maybe, but then they will get a tax exempt status for being a religion, and maybe even qualify for funding under the "faith based initiative".

    2. Re:Linux is not for profits? by mizhi · · Score: 2, Funny

      They're not prophets, they're charlatan messangers of the great evil satan himself. They're non-prophets and linux is the alatar they constructed for worship at by the followers of their demon cult, the Free Software Foundation.

      Gentoo is a just a little spawnlet.

      Okay okay, I'm done. Don't throw the tomatoes too hard.

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  4. Re:It's wrong!! by mdarksbane · · Score: 4, Funny

    No, obviously now it's:

    1) fetch packages
    2) compile
    3) ???
    4) !PROFIT

  5. Re:Okay, a question... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Gentoo is aimed at those that really loves compiling. :)

  6. Aren't they non-profit already?? by Eggplant62 · · Score: 1, Funny

    I mean, with all the latest press saying that "Linux is a Religion, not an OS", you'd think that they'd get non-profit status as a church or something.

  7. And this means by metallikop · · Score: 1, Funny

    Free, untaxable, funroll-loops for the rest of us!

  8. Re:donations by klieber · · Score: 4, Funny

    and organizations to these entities are not tax deductible.

    Of course...that should have said "and donations to these entities are not tax deductible."

    /me goes to emerge coffee

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  9. Re:Interesting by Krach42 · · Score: 2, Funny

    New Mexico is a gaping black hole that sucks people in and they never leave. I've had two friends move away just to come back here because this is where they found jobs.

    Then of course there's all the other crackpots that live here, making Gentoo fit in real nice. Roswell's alien crowd, and the various hippy religious cults.

    You can mod me down, but it's true.

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    I am unamerican, and proud of it!
  10. isn't VISA not for profit too? by xutopia · · Score: 2, Funny

    Would this mean that Gentoo could take over the world like Visa did?

  11. Re:Gentoo better Desktop distro than Debian? by diamondsw · · Score: 2, Funny

    Says the person who has to filch files from another distro to get his working?

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