<div dir="ltr">This is where I'd like to again pitch reaching out to <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/">https://sfconservancy.org/</a> - I'd be willing to do the leg work - but I'd need permission from the council of elders before I did such a thing.<div><br></div><div><a href="https://sfconservancy.org/projects/services/">https://sfconservancy.org/projects/services/</a><br></div><div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>—Mark<br></div><div>_______________________<br>Mark E. Anderson <<a href="mailto:mark@macports.org" target="_blank">mark@macports.org</a>><br></div><div><a href="https://trac.macports.org/wiki/mark" target="_blank">MacPorts Trac WikiPage</a><br></div><div><a href="https://github.com/markemer" target="_blank">GitHub Profile</a><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Nov 10, 2021 at 3:02 PM Ryan Schmidt <<a href="mailto:ryandesign@macports.org">ryandesign@macports.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On Nov 10, 2021, at 14:01, Perry E. Metzger wrote:<br>
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> On 11/10/21 14:59, Ryan Schmidt wrote:<br>
>> On Nov 10, 2021, at 12:11, Perry E. Metzger wrote:<br>
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>>> Should we turn on the GitHub Sponsors functionality for the project on GitHub?<br>
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>>> It doesn't cost us anything to do it, and the money raised could be used to do things like buying hardware for builds and such.<br>
>> MacPorts is not a legal organization so I don't see how it could accept donations.<br>
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> You don't need to be incorporated to accept money. Incorporation is only necessary if you want to claim to be a nonprofit or if you worry that you need limited liability. There's no legal obstacle to an unincorporated association opening a bank account, and they do all the time.<br>
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These donations would be classified as somebody's income. Somebody would have to pay income taxes on them. Who?<br>
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