X.Org Foundation Loses 501(c)3 Non-Profit Status

Posted by timothy on Tuesday August 27, 2013 @01:24AM from the swimming-in-the-fine-print dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The X.Org Foundation, which drives the X.Org Server projects, Mesa, and Wayland open-source programs, had its tax-exempt status revoked by the IRS. It turns out the X.Org Foundation had put in quite a lot of work to become a non-profit organization, with guidance from the Software Freedom Law Center. They got in trouble after failing to routinely file their taxes on time. There's also been a host of other X.Org accounting errors in recent years. There was also the recent news of the IRS going after open-source projects, too."

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Re:Fuck off ( score:+9000, troll) by Bartles · 2013-08-27 02:01 · Score: 1, Troll

Spoken like a true fascist who doesn't care that lawful != just.
I smell Microsoft by kurt555gs · 2013-08-27 02:03 · Score: 0, Troll

This is the type of dirty trick their lobbyists would do.

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Re:Fuck off ( score:+9000, troll) by Bartles · 2013-08-27 02:20 · Score: 1, Troll

My point went right over your head. Scrutiny can be both lawful and unjust. As can taxes, laws, and punishment for crimes. A fascist who supports the state does not understand this or is entirely willing to overlook this defect.