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Is OCLC really non-profit?

• ggruschow 18y ago
  Yes. OCLC is a 501(c)(3) public charity. You can view their 990 returns in a variety of places online like guidestar.org. A "non-profit" mostly can't sell shares nor link pay to profits. Many can do a lot of things that doesn't fit within the normal thinking about what a charity should do though. OCLC looks like a sad demonstration of that.. buying up competitors, screwing people on licensing, etc.