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

    Didnt take too long for the answer to emerge.

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

    No, obviously now it's:

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

  4. 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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