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> You weren't going to deduct the donation from your taxes anyway. Unless I’m mistaken, this is only possible if you’re donating to a registered charity. Many
by amscanne 7y ago
> You weren't going to deduct the donation from your taxes anyway.
Unless I’m mistaken, this is only possible if you’re donating to a registered charity. Many view open source as more noble, but OSS developers don’t magically get a different rule book :)
(I don’t disagree with your perspective here, but the prevailing sentiment in this thread seems to be that OSS developers should get a different rule book.)
- tylerhou 7y agoAnd also, if you receive goods or services in exchange for your donation, you need to discount your deduction by the fair market value of those goods and services. This is not tax advice; consult a tax professional for your own personal situation.
- lallysingh 7y agoAsking consideration from a platform based heavily on OSS isn't unreasonable. Especially considering Google would benefit from the improvements those donations could spur.
- franga2000 7y agoConsidering they have absolutely no problem putting restrictions, designed to give their closed solutions an advantage, into that same OSS base, I'd say expecting them to make such an exception for developers that (often quite explicitly) compete with their products would be highly unreasonable.