Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-project (172 mails)

[Cornelius Schumacher <cschum@xxxxxxx>]

On Thursday 09 April 2009, P Linnell wrote:
> You are correct. We just went through a several month process to setup a
> Scribus .eV in Germany. Its taking ages to get the final OK.

Having gone through this with the KDE e.V. I know what you are talking about. 
It makes a difference though, if you go for the tax-exempt status or not. 
This takes additional effort and subjects you to some stricter rules. Just 
going for a plain e.V. is relatively straightforward. The fact that there are 
more than half a million e.V.s in Germany shows that it's pretty feasible.

There are quite some free software related e.V.s in Germany now, KDE e.V. and 
Scribus e.V. being only two examples, so there is some experience with that 
which can be drawn upon.

The advantage of an e.V. is that you get solid rules and well-defined 
procedures, which enforce that the organization is run in a transparent and 
democratic way. And for Germans being able to get tax benefits for donations, 
there is no other way than a tax-exempt e.V. in Germany.

I'm not necessarily advocating an e.V., but I wouldn't exclude this option 
lightly.

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Cornelius Schumacher <cschum@xxxxxxx>
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