Hi Patrick, Debian Developers have suggested us at oSC to setup different foundation locations equal to them: https://www.debian.org/donations Do we want to start with that? Gesendet: Freitag, 09. August 2024 um 19:08 Uhr Von: "Patrick Fitzgerald" <patrickf@i-layer.com> An: project@lists.opensuse.org Betreff: Re: Status of the foundation? On 09/08/2024 17:11, Martin Schröder wrote: Am Fr., 9. Aug. 2024 um 17:06 Uhr schrieb Patrick Fitzgerald<patrickf@i-layer.com>[mailto:patrickf@i-layer.com]:
What is there to be gained by setting up a new foundation? It would be nice if the "foundation" would be a charitable organisation for European tax authorities so that contributions from Europe would be tax-exempt. True, which is why we are setting up this kind of entity in the EU, as well as the USA. But certainly the private donors that I have spoken to don't seem to care, and the largest ones tend to have offices in the UK anyway. The mid-sized ones... we'll work on that. Point taken though, it > is a nice to have, which is why we are taking the steps above. Best Martin
It is interesting, that you are calling UK as part of the EU after the Brexit. Default, it is no part of the EU any more: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/content/news/Brexit-UK-withdrawal-from-the-eu.html There is only a "cooperation" between EU and UK. I would suggest to setup a separate Geeko Foundation location within Europe and we take Debian as a role model open source project in this direction, how to handle donations from different locations. Best regards, Sarah --