> solicitations from parties without a valid 501(c)(3) tax exempt status clearly displayed to the public As far as I can tell (though I am no expert) it would

> solicitations from parties without a valid 501(c)(3) tax exempt status clearly displayed to the public As far as I can tell (though I am no expert) it would be very difficult or impossible for an open source project to qualify for 501(c)(3) tax exemption. And even if it was, the cost in both time and money to obtain such a status would not be worth it for small open source projects.