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AWiderDotNET / AWiderDotNet

An attempt to foster more involvement in the .NET OSS world. This repo is for discussions and features surrounding the effort. See http://github.com/awiderdotnet/awiderdotnet.github.io for the web site itself.
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Potential Use case: Could OSS donations of time / money be tax deductible? #14

Open SeanKilleen opened 8 years ago

SeanKilleen commented 8 years ago

This is technically lobbying another group for a slightly different purpose, so I'm not sure it fits with the core ideas of the project, but it came as a suggestion so I wanted to mention it here.

If a lot of .NET devs work in corporate shops and we're trying to convince them to donate time/money to causes that help move the entire industry forward, in the public, for free, then might we be able to raise awareness enough to gain a tax credit for those companies who contribute to such work?

Technically it's awarding companies for doing the right thing, but if it gets the outcome we'd like to see, I think it might be worth it to try.

This might need to be a separate project, though. And there's also the question of how such time would be quantified for the government (vs. the fact that OSS projects can assess for themselves who's contributing -- doing so in a government/regulated atmosphere is a different beast)

M-Zuber commented 8 years ago

Just a reminder that different countries can have wildly variances when it comes to tax exemptions. OTH if some countries pick it up, it may be easier to gain momentum in others