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A 501(c)(3) is expensive in legal work. Unless they can find a pro-bono lawyer, this puts the plan in the "it takes money to make money" category. Then it stil
by mncolinlee 13y ago
A 501(c)(3) is expensive in legal work. Unless they can find a pro-bono lawyer, this puts the plan in the "it takes money to make money" category.
Then it still doesn't guarantee they'll increase donations without marketing so people know about it. Until Heartbleed became public, I imagine few companies were aware that OpenSSL had so few resources and such great needs. They definitely need to capitalize and hope the bad press doesn't make large companies seek an alternative.
- pyre 13y agoI dunno. I think the effort might be worthy of the EFF's time if they have the expertise. I don't think that any EFF donors would be upset that they spent time to help OpenSSL setup a non-profit.
- wildgift 13y agoThey could join another nonprofit.
- cwilson 13y agoNot only this, but there is delay/wait-list of over a year to get your 501c3 status approved at the moment.