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It's madness that the Apache Foundation, the charter of which is absolutely unquestionable, must tread lightly, while the Church of Scientology enjoys (albeit d

It's madness that the Apache Foundation, the charter of which is absolutely unquestionable, must tread lightly, while the Church of Scientology enjoys (albeit different) tax-free status no matter what they do.

jegutman 11y ago
Can we just have a giant open-source religion with a mission like: "Really useful software should be open source if possible" and then have various "chapters" that individually manage the projects? So we could have the Mozilla chapter and the the Apache chapter? The various licenses would be like religious differences.
- masklinn 11y ago
  Considering http://www.ourladyofperpetualexemption.com http://www.ourladyofperpetualexemption.com is legal[0] and the requirements for a church John Oliver listed during his show[1][2] are not exactly stringent, it would probably work. [0] which you know because the phone number is 1-800-THIS-IS-LEGAL, it's a real phone number too: https://soundcloud.com/user-950117376-873717325/outgoing-call-18008447475-20150816-232603 https://soundcloud.com/user-950117376-873717325/outgoing-cal... [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7y1xJAVZxXg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7y1xJAVZxXg [2] straight outta the IRS: http://www.irs.gov/Charities-&-Non-Profits/Churches-&-Religious-Organizations/Churches--Defined http://www.irs.gov/Charities-&-Non-Profits/Churches-&-Religi...
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dragonwriter 11y ago
> It's madness that the Apache Foundation, the charter of which is absolutely unquestionable, must tread lightly, while the Church of Scientology enjoys (albeit different) tax-free status no matter what they do. Churches have generally the same substantive rules as other 501(c)(3) charities (the rules are tied to the exemption category, and 501(c)(3) is one category) , but the IRS is procedurally restricted in actually enforcing those rules when it comes to churches. [0] [0] http://www.irs.gov/Charities-&-Non-Profits/Churches-&-Religious-Organizations/Special-Rules-Limiting-IRS-Authority-to-Audit-a-Church http://www.irs.gov/Charities-&-Non-Profits/Churches-&-Religi...

jegutman 11y ago

Can we just have a giant open-source religion with a mission like: "Really useful software should be open source if possible" and then have various "chapters" that individually manage the projects? So we could have the Mozilla chapter and the the Apache chapter? The various licenses would be like religious differences.

masklinn 11y ago
Considering http://www.ourladyofperpetualexemption.com http://www.ourladyofperpetualexemption.com is legal[0] and the requirements for a church John Oliver listed during his show[1][2] are not exactly stringent, it would probably work. [0] which you know because the phone number is 1-800-THIS-IS-LEGAL, it's a real phone number too: https://soundcloud.com/user-950117376-873717325/outgoing-call-18008447475-20150816-232603 https://soundcloud.com/user-950117376-873717325/outgoing-cal... [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7y1xJAVZxXg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7y1xJAVZxXg [2] straight outta the IRS: http://www.irs.gov/Charities-&-Non-Profits/Churches-&-Religious-Organizations/Churches--Defined http://www.irs.gov/Charities-&-Non-Profits/Churches-&-Religi...

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dragonwriter 11y ago

> It's madness that the Apache Foundation, the charter of which is absolutely unquestionable, must tread lightly, while the Church of Scientology enjoys (albeit different) tax-free status no matter what they do. Churches have generally the same substantive rules as other 501(c)(3) charities (the rules are tied to the exemption category, and 501(c)(3) is one category) , but the IRS is procedurally restricted in actually enforcing those rules when it comes to churches. [0] [0] http://www.irs.gov/Charities-&-Non-Profits/Churches-&-Religious-Organizations/Special-Rules-Limiting-IRS-Authority-to-Audit-a-Church http://www.irs.gov/Charities-&-Non-Profits/Churches-&-Religi...