Re: [fsfc-discuss] A first time hello

[bob]

My understanding is that part of the problem would be the CCRA's restrictions 
on what percentage of funds that a charitable organization can spend on 
advocacy as opposed to "charitable works".   Setting up a computer lab in a 
school using free software might be a "charitable work" but in general 
advocating the use of free software over proprietary software would not 
generally be considered charitable.  I am no tax expert but this is sort of my 
understanding.

Perhaps if the FSF is hung up on the charitable status of an organization it 
might be better to just call it something different...like the "Free Software 
Movement Canada" or something like that.  Don't call it FSF and have some sort 
of "loose" affiliation with them.

Cheers,

Bob
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Fran�cois Gagnon wrote:
> I think you have a point : Basically, we don't need an organization 
> itself, but we need the action. We need to attract people and create 
> links between them.

   Even if we became a Canadian advisory council to the FSF, this would 
be a major step forward from what we have currently.

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