Yeah, I don't think Open Source Software is exactly the same thing as a charitable organization... although I've been wrong before. I guess it depends on if the project managers have worked the system and set it up as one or not.
<br><br>I'm pretty sure it's not that easy though, otherwise I'd have set up my own college fund years ago... damn... that's a great idea. Why couldn't I have come up with that seven years ago?<br><br>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 9/6/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Ted Pollari</b> <<a href="mailto:tcp@mac.com">tcp@mac.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<br>On Sep 6, 2007, at 9:22 AM, Chris McAvoy wrote:<br><br>> This is a pretty off hand question, but the Django sprint made me<br>> think of it...is there any precedent for writing off employee time<br>> contributed to an open source project as a tax thing?
<br>><br>> So, if my company agrees to let me work on the sprint for a day, can<br>> they write that off?<br>><br>> Just wondering...<br>><br>> Chris<br><br>Hmm.. if the organization you're donating time to is a non-profit, I
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