> You have a substantial nonexempt purpose because you develop software published under open source compatible licenses that authorize use by any person for any purpose, including nonexempt purposes such as commercial, recreational, or personal purposes, including campaign intervention and lobbying.
By this logic, all non-profit educational entities should be disqualified because things people learn through their programs might later be used by those people to make a profit.
> public works must serve a community. Open source licensing ensures the Tools are accessible to the world. We have not found any authority for the proposition that the world is a community within the meaning of ยง 501(c)(3).
I understand that there are probably real legal reasons for the IRS saying this... but that's bordering on inanity worthy of the Onion.
> You have a substantial nonexempt purpose because you develop software published under open source compatible licenses that authorize use by any person for any purpose, including nonexempt purposes such as commercial, recreational, or personal purposes, including campaign intervention and lobbying.
By this logic, all non-profit educational entities should be disqualified because things people learn through their programs might later be used by those people to make a profit.
> public works must serve a community. Open source licensing ensures the Tools are accessible to the world. We have not found any authority for the proposition that the world is a community within the meaning of ยง 501(c)(3).
I understand that there are probably real legal reasons for the IRS saying this... but that's bordering on inanity worthy of the Onion.