Subject: Re: [lojban] eurolinux proposing lojban for community patent

From: "Robert J. Chassell" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2001 16:14:05 +0000 (UTC)

Expressing such an opinion, even about a foreign entity,
might threaten our IRS not-for-profit status, which is not
extended to lobbying groups.

Is the LLG a 501(c)3 non-profit organization? I think so.

In the US, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization is permitted to advocate
and lobby for *general* political issues, such as a ban on software
patents, or the use of Lojban as a patent-description language, but
not for a *specific* numbered bill.

I don't know the regulations concerning a numbered bill in a non-US
legislature.

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Robert J. Chassell [email-masked]
Rattlesnake Enterprises http://www.rattlesnake.com