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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. So now it can join the ranks of SCO...... by MrIrwin · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    .....whose business objectives are not exactly clear but they are certainly **not** for profit;-)

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    And if you thought that was boring you obviously havn't read my Journal ;-)

  2. oh? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    why do they want to become a corporation?

    1. Re:oh? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      money.

  3. Re:Of course they're not for profit... by oliverthered · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    There American , isn't not-for-protif implied.

    'The estimated population of the United States is 294,256,444
    so each citizen's share of this debt is $24,535.31.'

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    thank God the internet isn't a human right.
  4. Snore by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ZZZZZ ZZZZ ZZZzzz zzzzzzz zzzzz zzzzzzzzzzzzz

  5. Re:The real question is.... by EvilTwinSkippy · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    The line is not funny, nor profound. It is a statement of truth, and what you take from it is on your own time.

    No, onto some mean spirited grammer nazism.

    To many people live there lives like there in prison because they're surrounded by freedom but they cannot see it!!!

    Indeed, and they also seem unemcumbered by grammer. Granted, grammer tips coming from are about as credible as ethics tips from Jeffery Skilling, but here goes:

    Too many people live their lives as if they're/they are in prison ...

    Lao Tsu had it easy. There is no formal syntax in ancient Chinese. Were the same words written today in English he would have been laughed at.

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    "Learning is not compulsory... neither is survival."
    --Dr.W.Edwards Deming