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Going to try to claim !lo donations as tax-deductible: wish me luck. Ugh, 1040 woes.
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@alisonchaiken, I urge you *not* to claim !lo donations as tax-deductible. They don't have 501(c)(3) or similar USA status! (IANATA)
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Gerard Braad — 吉拉德 likes this.
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@alisonchaiken, actually, it wouldn't be legal advice regardless, it's accounting advice. Lawyers don't control the universe, you know.
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@bkuhn Could you let them know this? They don't seem to realise... ;-)
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@yamanickill, I've told many a lawyer that. Sadly most lawyers seem to believe no one should make policy but them. It's quite #disturbing!
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@fontana, if you feel like writing *that* Form 1023, I suggest you do so. I think it's tough to claim !lo as religion, OTOH #Scientology is.
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@alisonchaiken Don't do that! See @bkuhn.
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@bkuhn Yeah, scary. As far as I know, their job is to interpret the law...not make it...but maybe I'm wrong ;-)
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@yamanickill, problem in USA is that most legislators are lawyers. Law school is seen as a way to "get policy credentials". It's #disturbing
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@bkuhn Just like a strict baptist gospel service then.
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@fabsh Sounds kinda religious ;-)
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@bkuhn Oright, over here I think its a rare thing. Mostly our politicians are just rich people...
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@bkuhn anyone ever float "profession" representation equality like race, gender, and etc. ???
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@fontana Er, #blamepopey? ;-)
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@fontana, what I find #disturbing about lawyers controlling policy is attempts to do so in fields where they lack expertise (e.g. Free Sw).
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♻ @bkuhn what I find #disturbing about lawyers controlling policy is attempts to do so in fields where they lack expertise (e.g. Free Sw).
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@fontana That's a general problem though; far too many corporate employees treat in-house counsel as a source of instruction not advice.
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@fontana, my fear is that the failed effort has not yet fully failed. I know many lawyers out there attempting constantly to assert control.
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@alisonchaiken In what country are you now?
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@fontana is this the /lex mercatoria/ of which you speak?
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@bkuhn GPL is a good example of hackers making "law", I suppose.
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Bradley M. Kuhn
The GNU General Public License
, Richard Stallman Political Notes
, Clacke Moved to Parlementum
@clacke,Yeah,"law" has to be in quotes:The law in question is ©, which !GPL (written by @rms) uses to set good policies for software freedom
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@fontana where do you expect that attempt at control to come from specifically?
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@fontana, I'm quite glad to be using identi.ca & ur1.ca which are from #Canada rather than #Libya. I like Canada. Boycott .ly domains now!
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@clacke Sunnyvale, CA, United States. How 'bout you?
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@alisonchaiken I'm in .hk. I was a bit confused as my mind had grouped you with some of the .nz/.au people here. Less confused now. :-)
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